Color
#52042e
#52042ergb(82, 4, 46)hsl(328, 91%, 17%)oklch(0.29 0.114 355.1)Colors that go with #52042e
Crimson, Teal and 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.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #52042e'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 #52042e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Burger King's brand system put Blue beside #52042e, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #52042e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #52042e: 8 real palettes, including Chipotle's brand system and Bramble, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #52042e in 6 real palettes, including Cider and Oatmeal, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #52042e: 8 real palettes, including Heinz's brand system and Box's brand system, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #52042e: 5 real palettes, including Chipotle's brand system and Fenty Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #52042e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #52042e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.83:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.42:1 | 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 #52042e 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
#52042e 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 #52042e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/52042e-c19fad-64cb62-2d1f21-f1e9f1?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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