Color
#cc388c
#cc388crgb(204, 56, 140)hsl(326, 59%, 51%)oklch(0.586 0.199 350.3)Colors that go with #cc388c
Sea Green, Crimson and Denim 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
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #cc388c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #cc388c's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #cc388c: 5 real palettes, including Ulta Beauty's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Forest Green #228b22
split-complementshippedForest Green is a split-complement of #cc388c: 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 #cc388c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #cc388c in 3 real palettes, including Tabloid and Night Market, as the accent.
Orange #ffa500
shipped3 real palettes, including Sunset Boulevard and Rippling's brand system put Orange beside #cc388c, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #cc388c — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #cc388c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cc388c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.65:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.51:1 | 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 #cc388c 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
#cc388c 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 #cc388c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cc388c-c19fae-67cb62-2d1f21-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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