Color
#d85a8a
#d85a8argb(216, 90, 138)hsl(337, 62%, 60%)oklch(0.641 0.165 359)Colors that go with #d85a8a
Charcoal, Cadet Blue and Crimson 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 #d85a8a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #d85a8a 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 #d85a8a in 4 real palettes, including Snyk's brand system and Redfin's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #d85a8a in 5 real palettes, including Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Maybelline's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #d85a8a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #d85a8a in 4 real palettes, including Lavender Haze and Monzo's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #d85a8a in 4 real palettes, including Ubisoft's brand system and Roblox's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #d85a8a in 11 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Zed's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #d85a8a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #d85a8a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.65:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.75:1 | 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 #d85a8a 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
#d85a8a reads as warm, vivid, playful. 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 #d85a8a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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