Named color
Illicit Pink
#ff5ccdrgb(255, 92, 205)hsl(318, 100%, 68%)oklch(0.723 0.229 342)Illicit Pink 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 curated palettes it appears in and any public brand that adopts it.
Colors that go with Illicit Pink
Emerald Green, Yellow and Light Sea Green 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
complementaryEmerald Green sits directly opposite Illicit Pink on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Yellow #ffff00
shipped3 real palettes, including Arcade and JetBrains's brand system put Yellow beside Illicit Pink, as the accent.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
split-complementLight Sea Green is a split-complement of Illicit Pink: 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 Illicit Pink: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for Illicit Pink: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
shippedMedium Violet Red is paired with Illicit Pink in two real palettes: T-Mobile's brand system and NYX Cosmetics's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
triadicDeep Sky Blue completes a triad with Illicit Pink — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Goldenrod #daa520
triadicGoldenrod completes a triad with Illicit Pink — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use Illicit Pink
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Illicit Pink as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.74:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.66:1 | 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 Illicit Pink 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
Illicit Pink 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 #ff5ccd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ff5ccd-c19fb3-75cb62-2d1f23-f0e9f1?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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