Color
#cc287d
#cc287drgb(204, 40, 125)hsl(329, 67%, 48%)oklch(0.569 0.208 355)Colors that go with #cc287d
Denim, Dark Cyan and Forest 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 #cc287d: 7 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 #cc287d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Forest Green #228b22
split-complementshippedForest Green is a split-complement of #cc287d: 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 #cc287d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #cc287d in 3 real palettes, including Tabloid and Tequila Sunrise, as the accent.
Orange #ffa500
shipped3 real palettes, including Sunset Boulevard and Rippling's brand system put Orange beside #cc287d, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #cc287d in 3 real palettes, including Ubisoft's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the accent.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #cc287d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #cc287d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cc287d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.04:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.17:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #cc287d 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
#cc287d reads as warm, vivid, playful. 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 #cc287d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cc287d-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.
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