Color
#4d290a
#4d290argb(77, 41, 10)hsl(28, 77%, 17%)oklch(0.322 0.068 56.9)Colors that go with #4d290a
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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #4d290a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #4d290a's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #4d290a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementaryshippedSteel Blue sits directly opposite #4d290a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #4d290a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #4d290a in 4 real palettes, including Maple and Wikipedia's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #4d290a, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Blush and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #4d290a, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #4d290a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4d290a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.83:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.64:1 | 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 #4d290a 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
#4d290a 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 #4d290a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/4d290a-c4b39c-62cbc9-2d2c1f-f1e9ea?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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