Named color
York Plum
#d3bfe5rgb(211, 191, 229)hsl(272, 42%, 82%)oklch(0.833 0.056 308.8)York Plum 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 York Plum
Charcoal, Dark Sea Green and Crimson 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 text near-black for York Plum: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f
complementaryshippedDark Sea Green sits directly opposite York Plum 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 York Plum in 4 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Frost & Ember, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with York Plum: 6 real palettes, including Calendly's brand system and Max's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and Lavender Haze put Midnight Blue beside York Plum, as the text colour against it.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with York Plum: 5 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Stone, as the lead colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped9 real palettes, including Dusty Blue and Midnight Luxe put Slate Gray beside York Plum, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with York Plum in 23 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Graphite Mono, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use York Plum
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| York Plum as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.7:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.35:1 | 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 York Plum 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
York Plum reads as cool, light, clean. 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 #d3bfe5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/d3bfe5-b69cc4-c5cb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?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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