Color
#dc8484
#dc8484rgb(220, 132, 132)hsl(0, 56%, 69%)oklch(0.707 0.109 20.1)Colors that go with #dc8484
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #dc8484 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Lexus's brand system put Blue beside #dc8484, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #dc8484 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Darkroom and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #dc8484, as the surface under it.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #dc8484 in 4 real palettes, including Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #dc8484 in 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Forest Floor, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #dc8484: 7 real palettes, including Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Dusk, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #dc8484
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #dc8484 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.74:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.68:1 | 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 #dc8484 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
#dc8484 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 #dc8484 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/dc8484-c4a19c-62cb98-2d251f-f1e9ed?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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