Color
#ec6579
#ec6579rgb(236, 101, 121)hsl(351, 78%, 66%)oklch(0.679 0.167 13.6)Colors that go with #ec6579
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Light Sea Green 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
split-complementshippedCadet Blue is a split-complement of #ec6579: 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 #ec6579: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
complementaryshippedLight Sea Green sits directly opposite #ec6579 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and Sketch's brand system put Blue beside #ec6579, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ec6579 in 4 real palettes, including Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ec6579: 8 real palettes, including Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Postman's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #ec6579: 7 real palettes, including Figma's brand system and Readymag's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #ec6579
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ec6579 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 3.13:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.7:1 | 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 #ec6579 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
#ec6579 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 #ec6579 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ec6579-c49c9e-62cb89-2d231f-f1e9ee?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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