Color
#4a0217
#4a0217rgb(74, 2, 23)hsl(343, 95%, 15%)oklch(0.263 0.102 12.1)Colors that go with #4a0217
Charcoal, Denim and Rust 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 body-text near-black for #4a0217: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Denim #1560bd
triadicshippedDenim completes a triad with #4a0217 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Rust #b7410e
analogousshippedRust is #4a0217's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #4a0217: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #4a0217 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #4a0217 in 7 real palettes, including Maple and Heatwave, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped11 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #4a0217, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #4a0217 in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #4a0217
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4a0217 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 16:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.31:1 | 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 #4a0217 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
#4a0217 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 #4a0217 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/4a0217-c49ca3-62cb7b-2d211f-f1e9ef?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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