Color
#cb438c
#cb438crgb(203, 67, 140)hsl(328, 57%, 53%)oklch(0.595 0.185 351.1)Colors that go with #cb438c
Denim, Dark Cyan and Charcoal 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 #cb438c: 5 real palettes, including Ulta Beauty's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #cb438c 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 #cb438c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #cb438c in 3 real palettes, including The Ordinary's brand system and Snyk's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #cb438c in 3 real palettes, including Tabloid and Tequila Sunrise, as the accent.
Orange #ffa500
shipped3 real palettes, including Sunset Boulevard and Tequila Sunrise put Orange beside #cb438c, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #cb438c — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #cb438c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #cb438c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cb438c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.45:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.72:1 | 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 #cb438c 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
#cb438c 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 #cb438c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cb438c-c19fad-64cb62-2d1f21-f1e9f1?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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