Color
#540d2a
#540d2argb(84, 13, 42)hsl(335, 73%, 19%)oklch(0.3 0.104 1.6)Colors that go with #540d2a
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 #540d2a: 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 #540d2a — 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 #540d2a 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 #540d2a in 7 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.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #540d2a in 5 real palettes, including Bramble and Darkroom, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Chocolate #d2691e
shippedChocolate is paired with #540d2a in 4 real palettes, including Homestead and Wellness, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #540d2a in 9 real palettes, including Chipotle's brand system and Bramble, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #540d2a in 7 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and M&M's's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #540d2a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #540d2a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.31:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.47:1 | 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 #540d2a as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#540d2a 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 #540d2a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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