Color
#f9a4cd
#f9a4cdrgb(249, 164, 205)hsl(331, 88%, 81%)oklch(0.814 0.112 349.5)Colors that go with #f9a4cd
Charcoal, Midnight Blue and Powder 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #f9a4cd: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Railway's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #f9a4cd, as the lead colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #f9a4cd: 4 real palettes, including Macaron and Nursery, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped5 real palettes, including Dusty Blue and Midnight Luxe put Slate Gray beside #f9a4cd, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #f9a4cd in 11 real palettes, including Macaron and Blossom, as the text colour against it.
Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa
complementaryMedium Aquamarine sits directly opposite #f9a4cd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #f9a4cd in 3 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #f9a4cd: 3 real palettes, including Victoria's Secret's brand system and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #f9a4cd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f9a4cd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.87:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.22:1 | 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 #f9a4cd as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#f9a4cd 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 #f9a4cd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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