Color
#c8749d
#c8749drgb(200, 116, 157)hsl(331, 43%, 62%)oklch(0.663 0.116 350.1)Colors that go with #c8749d
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Taupe lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #c8749d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #c8749d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #c8749d in 13 real palettes, including Blush and Meadow, as the text colour against it.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #c8749d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant shows up next to #c8749d in 3 real palettes, including Blush and Golden Hour, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #c8749d in 3 real palettes, including Zed's brand system and Roblox's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #c8749d: 3 real palettes, including Resort and Anthropic's brand system, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #c8749d in two real palettes: Polaroid and Kiln, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #c8749d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c8749d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.26:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.44:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #c8749d as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#c8749d reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #c8749d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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