Color
#cc5c99
#cc5c99rgb(204, 92, 153)hsl(327, 52%, 58%)oklch(0.631 0.157 348.7)Colors that go with #cc5c99
Cadet Blue, Crimson 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #cc5c99 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #cc5c99 in 4 real palettes, including The Ordinary's brand system and Snyk's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #cc5c99: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #cc5c99 in 3 real palettes, including Terminal and Sourcegraph's brand system, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #cc5c99 in 3 real palettes, including Ubisoft's brand system and Zed's brand system, as the accent.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #cc5c99: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #cc5c99: two real palettes: Terminal and Roblox's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #cc5c99: two real palettes: Maybelline's brand system and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #cc5c99
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cc5c99 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.78:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.56:1 | 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 #cc5c99 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
#cc5c99 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 #cc5c99 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cc5c99-c19fae-66cb62-2d1f21-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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