Color
#ca42d7
#ca42d7rgb(202, 66, 215)hsl(295, 65%, 55%)oklch(0.629 0.238 324.1)Colors that go with #ca42d7
Olive Drab, Charcoal and Cadet Blue 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.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
complementaryOlive Drab sits directly opposite #ca42d7 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 text near-black for #ca42d7: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementCadet Blue is a split-complement of #ca42d7: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #ca42d7 in two real palettes: Hasbro's brand system and Peacock, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
triadicDark Goldenrod completes a triad with #ca42d7 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Medium Purple #9370db
analogousMedium Purple is #ca42d7's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ca42d7 in The Ordinary's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
shippedDark Cyan is paired with #ca42d7 in Peacock, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #ca42d7
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ca42d7 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.98:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.27:1 | 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 #ca42d7 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#ca42d7 reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #ca42d7 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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