Color
#cd42b8
#cd42b8rgb(205, 66, 184)hsl(309, 58%, 53%)oklch(0.616 0.216 334.5)Colors that go with #cd42b8
Sea Green, Dark Cyan 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #cd42b8 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
split-complementshippedDark Cyan is a split-complement of #cd42b8: 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 #cd42b8: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #cd42b8 in 3 real palettes, including Hasbro's brand system and Maybelline's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #cd42b8: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Tomato #ff6347
shippedTomato is paired with #cd42b8 in two real palettes: Sunset Boulevard and Night Market, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
triadicCadet Blue completes a triad with #cd42b8 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Olive Green #808000
triadicOlive Green completes a triad with #cd42b8 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #cd42b8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cd42b8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.14:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.07:1 | 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 #cd42b8 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
#cd42b8 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 #cd42b8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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