Color

#48170a

#48170a
hex#48170a
rgbrgb(72, 23, 10)
hslhsl(13, 76%, 16%)
oklchoklch(0.281 0.078 35.7)
Closest name: Minotaur Hide (#4a120d)Relative luminance 0.0201

Colors that go with #48170a

Charcoal, Crimson and Royal 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#0a3a48

#480a1b · #48360a

#0a4817 · #170a48

Split-complementary

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#0a4836 · #0a1b48

#1b480a · #0a3a48 · #360a48

Contrast

#48170a as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
14.97:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.4:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #d3441d as the text (4.61:1)
  • AAA: use #e87454 as the text (7.06:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #8f8f8f (4.63:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #b3b3b3 (7.14:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #48170a as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#48170a reads as warm, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #48170a
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #48170a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/48170a-c4a99c-62cbaf-2d281f-f1e9eb?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md