Color
#fd5381
#fd5381rgb(253, 83, 129)hsl(344, 98%, 66%)oklch(0.686 0.207 8.2)Colors that go with #fd5381
Charcoal, Light Sea Green and 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 #fd5381: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
complementaryshippedLight Sea Green sits directly opposite #fd5381 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and Glossier's brand system put Blue beside #fd5381, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fd5381 in 5 real palettes, including Snyk's brand system and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #fd5381: 7 real palettes, including Maybelline's brand system and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #fd5381: 6 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Figma's brand system, as the accent.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #fd5381 in 6 real palettes, including Streetwear and Tequila Sunrise, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #fd5381: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #fd5381
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fd5381 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.12:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.73:1 | 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 #fd5381 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
#fd5381 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 #fd5381 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/fd5381-c49ca2-62cb7c-2d221f-f1e9ef?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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