Color
#4e1228
#4e1228rgb(78, 18, 40)hsl(338, 63%, 19%)oklch(0.292 0.091 2.3)Colors that go with #4e1228
Charcoal, 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #4e1228: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #4e1228 — 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 #4e1228 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 #4e1228 in 6 real palettes, including Maple and Wikipedia's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped11 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Burger King's brand system put Blue beside #4e1228, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Blush and Graphite Mono put Blush Pink beside #4e1228, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #4e1228 in 6 real palettes, including Kiln and Polaroid, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #4e1228: 7 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #4e1228
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4e1228 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.57:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.44:1 | 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 #4e1228 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#4e1228 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 #4e1228 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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