Color
#cd957a
#cd957argb(205, 149, 122)hsl(20, 45%, 64%)oklch(0.717 0.078 46.8)Colors that go with #cd957a
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Champagne 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 #cd957a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #cd957a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and Bramble put Champagne beside #cd957a, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #cd957a: 7 real palettes, including Bakery and Bramble, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #cd957a in 6 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #cd957a in 6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #cd957a: 7 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Dusk, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #cd957a: 5 real palettes, including Spline's brand system and Liquid Death's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #cd957a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cd957a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.57:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.18:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #cd957a as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#cd957a 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 #cd957a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cd957a-c4ae9c-62cbbb-2d2a1f-f1e9eb?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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