Color
#dd558e
#dd558ergb(221, 85, 142)hsl(335, 67%, 60%)oklch(0.643 0.178 357.3)Colors that go with #dd558e
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 #dd558e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #dd558e 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 #dd558e in 5 real palettes, including Snyk's brand system and The Ordinary's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #dd558e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #dd558e in 7 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Airbnb's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #dd558e in 3 real palettes, including Maybelline's brand system and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold is paired with #dd558e in 3 real palettes, including Tequila Sunrise and Night Market, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shippedMustard Yellow is paired with #dd558e in 3 real palettes, including Diner and Crayon Box, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #dd558e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #dd558e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.64:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.76:1 | 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 #dd558e 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
#dd558e 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 #dd558e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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