Color
#500b2d
#500b2drgb(80, 11, 45)hsl(330, 76%, 18%)oklch(0.291 0.104 356.2)Colors that go with #500b2d
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 #500b2d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #500b2d'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 #500b2d — 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 #500b2d 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 #500b2d in 5 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Maple, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Sketch's brand system put Blue beside #500b2d, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Bramble and Darkroom put Champagne beside #500b2d, as the text colour against it.
Chocolate #d2691e
shippedChocolate shows up next to #500b2d in 4 real palettes, including Wellness and Homestead, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #500b2d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #500b2d 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 #500b2d as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#500b2d 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 #500b2d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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