Color
#cd5b8e
#cd5b8ergb(205, 91, 142)hsl(333, 53%, 58%)oklch(0.628 0.154 354.5)Colors that go with #cd5b8e
Cadet Blue, 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #cd5b8e 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 #cd5b8e in 4 real palettes, including Snyk's brand system and Redfin's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #cd5b8e: 4 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #cd5b8e in 4 real palettes, including Ubisoft's brand system and Zed's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #cd5b8e in 10 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Zed's brand system, as the lead colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #cd5b8e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #cd5b8e in 3 real palettes, including Tequila Sunrise and Tabloid, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #cd5b8e in 3 real palettes, including Sourcegraph's brand system and DuckDuckGo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #cd5b8e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cd5b8e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.83:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.48:1 | 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 #cd5b8e 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
#cd5b8e 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 #cd5b8e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cd5b8e-c49ca9-62cb69-2d1f20-f1e9f0?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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