Color
#db8494
#db8494rgb(219, 132, 148)hsl(349, 55%, 69%)oklch(0.71 0.108 8.3)Colors that go with #db8494
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Light Sea Green 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
split-complementshippedCadet Blue is a split-complement of #db8494: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #db8494: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
complementaryshippedLight Sea Green sits directly opposite #db8494 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #db8494 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Darkroom and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #db8494, as the surface under it.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #db8494: 4 real palettes, including Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Dusk, as the accent.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant shows up next to #db8494 in 4 real palettes, including Blush and Golden Hour, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Lavender Haze and Casper Sleep's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #db8494, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #db8494
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #db8494 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.71:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.74:1 | 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 #db8494 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
#db8494 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 #db8494 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/db8494-c49c9f-62cb85-2d231f-f1e9ee?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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