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Color
#ca5385
#ca5385
hex
#ca5385rgb
rgb(202, 83, 133)hsl
hsl(335, 53%, 56%)oklch
oklch(0.61 0.159 356.7)Closest name: Flirty Rose (#d65e93)Relative luminance 0.2044
Colors that go with #ca5385
Denim, Royal Blue and Sea Green 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.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ca5385: 5 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #ca5385 in 6 real palettes, including Ubisoft's brand system and Zed's brand system, as the accent.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #ca5385: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #ca5385 in 8 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Zed's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #ca5385 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementshippedCadet Blue is a split-complement of #ca5385: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ca5385: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ca5385 in 3 real palettes, including Snyk's brand system and Redfin's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #ca5385
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ca5385 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.13:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.09:1 | 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 #ca5385 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#ca5385 reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #ca5385
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #ca5385 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/ca5385-c49ca8-62cb6d-2d201f-f1e9f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md