Color
#defa8e
#defa8ergb(222, 250, 142)hsl(76, 92%, 77%)oklch(0.942 0.137 121)Colors that go with #defa8e
Charcoal, Lilac 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #defa8e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #defa8e 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 Bumble's brand system and Snapchat's brand system put Blue beside #defa8e, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #defa8e in 8 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Ferrari's brand system, as the accent.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #defa8e in 4 real palettes, including Heineken's brand system and Paddle's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #defa8e in 12 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Blossom, as the text colour against it.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Fresh Juice put Tomato beside #defa8e, as the lead colour.
Violet #ee82ee
split-complementshippedViolet is a split-complement of #defa8e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #defa8e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #defa8e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.16:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 18.17:1 | 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 #defa8e 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
#defa8e reads as vivid, light, clean. 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 #defa8e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/defa8e-b3bea2-4e6edf-232d1f-f1efe9?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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