Color
#dd5599
#dd5599rgb(221, 85, 153)hsl(330, 67%, 60%)oklch(0.647 0.183 352.4)Colors that go with #dd5599
Cadet Blue, Crimson and Taupe 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 #dd5599 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 #dd5599 in 4 real palettes, including The Ordinary's brand system and Snyk's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #dd5599 in 5 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Airbnb's brand system, as the lead colour.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #dd5599: 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 #dd5599: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #dd5599 in 3 real palettes, including Night Market and Tequila Sunrise, as the accent.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped3 real palettes, including Diner and Lido put Mustard Yellow beside #dd5599, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #dd5599 in 3 real palettes, including Ubisoft's brand system and Roblox's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #dd5599
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #dd5599 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 3.6:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.83:1 | 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 #dd5599 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
#dd5599 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 #dd5599 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/dd5599-c49cab-62cb64-2d1f20-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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