Color
#ef81ad
#ef81adrgb(239, 129, 173)hsl(336, 77%, 72%)oklch(0.737 0.143 355.8)Colors that go with #ef81ad
Charcoal, Sage Green and Taupe 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 #ef81ad: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #ef81ad: 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the supporting colour.
Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa
complementaryMedium Aquamarine sits directly opposite #ef81ad on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Emerald Green #50c878
split-complementshippedEmerald Green is a split-complement of #ef81ad: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Turquoise #00ced1
split-complementshippedDark Turquoise is a split-complement of #ef81ad: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Light Sky Blue #87cefa
shippedLight Sky Blue is paired with #ef81ad in 3 real palettes, including Mercury's brand system and Sentry's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped3 real palettes, including Lavender Haze and Railway's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #ef81ad, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #ef81ad
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ef81ad as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.5:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.41:1 | 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 #ef81ad 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
#ef81ad reads as warm, vivid, light. 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 #ef81ad and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ef81ad-c49ca7-62cb6e-2d201f-f1e9f0?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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