Named color
Flaming Flamingo
#dd55ffrgb(221, 85, 255)hsl(288, 100%, 67%)oklch(0.695 0.257 318.9)Flaming Flamingo on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the 1 public brand that uses it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with Flaming Flamingo
Lime Green, Medium Sea Green and Dark Goldenrod 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.
Lime Green #32cd32
complementaryLime Green sits directly opposite Flaming Flamingo on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of Flaming Flamingo: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
split-complementDark Goldenrod is a split-complement of Flaming Flamingo: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the text near-black for Flaming Flamingo: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
triadicLight Sea Green completes a triad with Flaming Flamingo — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Peru #cd853f
triadicPeru completes a triad with Flaming Flamingo — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
analogousHot Pink is Flaming Flamingo's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with Flaming Flamingo in Snyk's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use Flaming Flamingo
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Flaming Flamingo as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.08:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.82:1 | 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 Flaming Flamingo as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
Flaming Flamingo reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #dd55ff and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/dd55ff-be9fc1-aacb62-2d1f2a-ece9f1?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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