Color
#c96979
#c96979rgb(201, 105, 121)hsl(350, 47%, 60%)oklch(0.636 0.122 10.6)Colors that go with #c96979
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Amber 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 #c96979 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 #c96979: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #c96979 in 4 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #c96979 in 5 real palettes, including Redfin's brand system and Snyk's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #c96979: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Postman's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #c96979: 6 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Railway's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #c96979, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #c96979 in 7 real palettes, including Zed's brand system and Roblox's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #c96979
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c96979 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.63:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.78:1 | 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 #c96979 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
#c96979 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 #c96979 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c96979-c49c9e-62cb87-2d231f-f1e9ee?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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