Color
#520000
#520000rgb(82, 0, 0)hsl(0, 100%, 16%)oklch(0.275 0.113 29.2)Colors that go with #520000
Royal Blue, Sienna 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #520000 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sienna #a0522d
analogousshippedSienna is #520000's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #520000 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 #520000 in 6 real palettes, including Maple and Heatwave, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #520000, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Darkroom and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #520000, as the surface under it.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #520000: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Chocolate #d2691e
shippedChocolate shows up next to #520000 in 4 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Wellness, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #520000
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #520000 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.46:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.36:1 | 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 #520000 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
#520000 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 #520000 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/520000-c4a19c-62cb98-2d251f-f1e9ed?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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