Color
#ed408e
#ed408ergb(237, 64, 142)hsl(333, 83%, 59%)oklch(0.647 0.217 357.8)Colors that go with #ed408e
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Crimson 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
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #ed408e 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 body-text near-black for #ed408e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ed408e in 5 real palettes, including The Ordinary's brand system and Snyk's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #ed408e in 4 real palettes, including Night Market and Tequila Sunrise, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #ed408e in 5 real palettes, including Airbnb's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system, as the text colour against it.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #ed408e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ed408e: 3 real palettes, including Maybelline's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the accent.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped3 real palettes, including Diner and Crayon Box put Mustard Yellow beside #ed408e, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #ed408e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ed408e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 3.67:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.72:1 | 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 #ed408e 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
#ed408e 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 #ed408e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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