Color
#dd85ef
#dd85efrgb(221, 133, 239)hsl(290, 77%, 73%)oklch(0.747 0.172 320.6)Colors that go with #dd85ef
Taupe, Lime Green and Charcoal 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.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #dd85ef in 4 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Loom's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Lime Green #32cd32
complementaryLime Green sits directly opposite #dd85ef 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 text near-black for #dd85ef: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #dd85ef in 3 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Supabase's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa
split-complementMedium Aquamarine is a split-complement of #dd85ef: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
split-complementDark Khaki is a split-complement of #dd85ef: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Light Sky Blue #87cefa
shippedLight Sky Blue is paired with #dd85ef in two real palettes: Netlify's brand system and Mercury's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #dd85ef in two real palettes: Terminal and Spotify's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #dd85ef
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #dd85ef as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.42:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.68:1 | 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 #dd85ef 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
#dd85ef reads as cool, vivid, light. 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 #dd85ef and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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