Color
#cd516a
#cd516argb(205, 81, 106)hsl(348, 55%, 56%)oklch(0.604 0.158 10.8)Colors that go with #cd516a
Charcoal, Sea Green and Amber 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #cd516a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #cd516a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #cd516a in 4 real palettes, including Maple and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #cd516a, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #cd516a: 4 real palettes, including Diner and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #cd516a: 13 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #cd516a: 4 real palettes, including Figma's brand system and Databricks's brand system, as the accent.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #cd516a in 6 real palettes, including Tequila Sunrise and Tabloid, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #cd516a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cd516a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.22:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.98:1 | 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 #cd516a 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
#cd516a 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 #cd516a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cd516a-c49c9f-62cb83-2d231f-f1e9ef?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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