Color
#cd609e
#cd609ergb(205, 96, 158)hsl(326, 52%, 59%)oklch(0.64 0.155 347.1)Colors that go with #cd609e
Cadet Blue, Royal Blue and Olive Drab 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
complementaryCadet Blue sits directly opposite #cd609e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #cd609e 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 #cd609e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #cd609e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #cd609e: two real palettes: Terminal and Roblox's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #cd609e in two real palettes: The Ordinary's brand system and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #cd609e: two real palettes: Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Maybelline's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #cd609e in two real palettes: Dunkin''s brand system and Zed's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #cd609e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cd609e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.64:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.76:1 | 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 #cd609e 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
#cd609e 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 #cd609e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cd609e-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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