Color
#d255dd
#d255ddrgb(210, 85, 221)hsl(295, 67%, 60%)oklch(0.662 0.223 324.4)Colors that go with #d255dd
Medium Sea Green, Charcoal and Cadet Blue 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.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
complementaryMedium Sea Green sits directly opposite #d255dd 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 text near-black for #d255dd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementCadet Blue is a split-complement of #d255dd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
split-complementDark Goldenrod is a split-complement of #d255dd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Medium Purple #9370db
analogousMedium Purple is #d255dd's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #d255dd in The Ordinary's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #d255dd in Hasbro's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDodger Blue is paired with #d255dd in JetBrains's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #d255dd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #d255dd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.45:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.08:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #d255dd 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
#d255dd reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #d255dd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/d255dd-c19fbf-9dcb62-2d1f28-ede9f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md