Color
#ef85d8
#ef85d8rgb(239, 133, 216)hsl(313, 77%, 73%)oklch(0.758 0.163 335.7)Colors that go with #ef85d8
Emerald Green, Taupe and Charcoal 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.
Emerald Green #50c878
complementaryshippedEmerald Green sits directly opposite #ef85d8 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #ef85d8 in 4 real palettes, including Meadow and Blossom, as the text colour against it.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ef85d8: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Light Sky Blue #87cefa
shippedLight Sky Blue is paired with #ef85d8 in 3 real palettes, including Netlify's brand system and Mercury's brand system, as the accent.
Medium Turquoise #48d1cc
split-complementMedium Turquoise is a split-complement of #ef85d8: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Yellow Green #9acd32
split-complementYellow Green is a split-complement of #ef85d8: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #ef85d8: two real palettes: Cobalt Pop and Oreo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee
shippedMedium Slate Blue shows up next to #ef85d8 in two real palettes: Lavender Haze and Obsidian's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ef85d8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ef85d8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.33:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.02:1 | 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 #ef85d8 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
#ef85d8 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 #ef85d8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ef85d8-c19fb5-7ecb62-2d1f24-efe9f1?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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