Color
#db517d
#db517drgb(219, 81, 125)hsl(341, 66%, 59%)oklch(0.63 0.176 3.9)Colors that go with #db517d
Charcoal, Steel Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #db517d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #db517d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #db517d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #db517d in 4 real palettes, including Google's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside #db517d, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #db517d: 11 real palettes, including Costco's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #db517d: 5 real palettes, including Google's brand system and JetBrains's brand system, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #db517d: 5 real palettes, including Wendy's's brand system and Nintendo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #db517d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #db517d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.83:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.49:1 | 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 #db517d 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
#db517d 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 #db517d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/db517d-c49ca4-62cb77-2d211f-f1e9ef?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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