Color
#4e0e2e
#4e0e2ergb(78, 14, 46)hsl(330, 70%, 18%)oklch(0.29 0.099 354.8)Colors that go with #4e0e2e
Charcoal, Crimson and Steel 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 #4e0e2e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #4e0e2e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #4e0e2e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #4e0e2e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #4e0e2e in 8 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Burger King's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #4e0e2e in 6 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Dusk, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #4e0e2e in 5 real palettes, including Darkroom and Allbirds's brand system, as the surface under it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #4e0e2e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4e0e2e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.72:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.43:1 | 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 #4e0e2e as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#4e0e2e 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 #4e0e2e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/4e0e2e-c49cab-62cb64-2d1f20-f1e9f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md