Color
#cc385d
#cc385drgb(204, 56, 93)hsl(345, 59%, 51%)oklch(0.572 0.185 10.7)Colors that go with #cc385d
Sea Green, Amber and 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #cc385d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #cc385d in 4 real palettes, including Maple and Ember, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #cc385d in 5 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #cc385d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #cc385d in 4 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Clay & Linen, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #cc385d in 11 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold is paired with #cc385d in 7 real palettes, including Tabloid and Tequila Sunrise, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #cc385d in 13 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Coinbase's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #cc385d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cc385d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.89:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.29:1 | 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 #cc385d as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#cc385d 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 #cc385d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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