Color
#ec1399
#ec1399rgb(236, 19, 153)hsl(323, 85%, 50%)oklch(0.624 0.253 351.3)Colors that go with #ec1399
Sea Green, Tomato and Cadet 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementarySea Green sits directly opposite #ec1399 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped3 real palettes, including Night Market and Sunset Boulevard put Tomato beside #ec1399, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
split-complementCadet Blue is a split-complement of #ec1399: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #ec1399: 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 #ec1399: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ec1399: two real palettes: Maybelline's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the accent.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #ec1399 in two real palettes: Night Market and Tabloid, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #ec1399 in two real palettes: Dunkin''s brand system and Airbnb's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ec1399
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ec1399 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.1:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.12:1 | 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 #ec1399 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#ec1399 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 #ec1399 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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