Color
#42380b
#42380brgb(66, 56, 11)hsl(49, 71%, 15%)oklch(0.342 0.062 96.1)Colors that go with #42380b
Royal Blue, Steel Blue and Teal 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
complementaryshippedRoyal Blue sits directly opposite #42380b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #42380b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #42380b — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #42380b in 5 real palettes, including Trailhead and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Minecraft's brand system put Blue beside #42380b, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Nursery put Blush Pink beside #42380b, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #42380b in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #42380b wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #42380b reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #42380b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #42380b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.65:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.8:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #42380b 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
#42380b reads as warm, vivid, dark. 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 #42380b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/42380b-c4c19c-4eaedf-2a2d1f-f1ece9?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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