Color
#dc509b
#dc509brgb(220, 80, 155)hsl(328, 67%, 59%)oklch(0.64 0.19 350.6)Colors that go with #dc509b
Cadet Blue, Charcoal 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #dc509b 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 #dc509b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #dc509b in 3 real palettes, including The Ordinary's brand system and Snyk's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #dc509b in 3 real palettes, including Night Market and Tequila Sunrise, as the accent.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped3 real palettes, including Sunset Boulevard and Night Market put Tomato beside #dc509b, as the lead colour.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #dc509b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #dc509b: two real palettes: Terminal and Roblox's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #dc509b: two real palettes: Maybelline's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #dc509b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #dc509b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.71:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.66:1 | 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 #dc509b 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
#dc509b 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 #dc509b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/dc509b-c19fad-64cb62-2d1f21-f1e9f1?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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