Color
#de459e
#de459ergb(222, 69, 158)hsl(325, 70%, 57%)oklch(0.633 0.207 348.8)Colors that go with #de459e
Cadet Blue, Tomato and Olive Drab 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
complementaryCadet Blue sits directly opposite #de459e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Tomato #ff6347
shippedTomato is paired with #de459e in 3 real palettes, including Sunset Boulevard and Night Market, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #de459e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #de459e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold is paired with #de459e in two real palettes: Night Market and Tabloid, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicSteel Blue completes a triad with #de459e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Olive Green #808000
triadicOlive Green completes a triad with #de459e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Medium Orchid #ba55d3
analogousMedium Orchid is #de459e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Real palettes that use #de459e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #de459e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 3.85:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.45:1 | 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 #de459e as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#de459e 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 #de459e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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