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Color
#cb5291
#cb5291
hex
#cb5291rgb
rgb(203, 82, 145)hsl
hsl(329, 54%, 56%)oklch
oklch(0.614 0.167 350.8)Closest name: Flirty Rose (#d65e93)Relative luminance 0.2078
Colors that go with #cb5291
Royal Blue, Dark Cyan 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #cb5291 in 4 real palettes, including Ubisoft's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #cb5291 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 #cb5291: 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 #cb5291: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #cb5291 in 3 real palettes, including The Ordinary's brand system and Snyk's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #cb5291: 3 real palettes, including Ulta Beauty's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #cb5291 in 3 real palettes, including Tabloid and Tequila Sunrise, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #cb5291 in 3 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Zed's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #cb5291
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cb5291 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.07:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.16:1 | 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 #cb5291 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
#cb5291 reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #cb5291
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 #cb5291 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/cb5291-c49cac-62cb62-2d1f21-f1e9f1?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