Color
#ed856e
#ed856ergb(237, 133, 110)hsl(11, 78%, 68%)oklch(0.725 0.133 33.5)Colors that go with #ed856e
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Deep Sky 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.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #ed856e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #ed856e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
complementaryshippedLight Sea Green sits directly opposite #ed856e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ed856e in 5 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Maple, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside #ed856e, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #ed856e in 4 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Polaroid, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #ed856e: 5 real palettes, including Alpine and Paper & Pine, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #ed856e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ed856e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.57:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.18:1 | 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 #ed856e 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
#ed856e 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 #ed856e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ed856e-c4a89c-62cbab-2d281f-f1e9ec?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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