Color
#550231
#550231rgb(85, 2, 49)hsl(326, 95%, 17%)oklch(0.296 0.119 353.8)Colors that go with #550231
Teal, Blue and Copper 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.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #550231 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Burger King's brand system put Blue beside #550231, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #550231: 6 real palettes, including Chipotle's brand system and Bramble, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #550231's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #550231: 4 real palettes, including Heinz's brand system and Box's brand system, as the accent.
Saddle Brown #8b4513
shippedDesigners have shipped Saddle Brown with #550231: 4 real palettes, including Bakery and Cider, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #550231: 5 real palettes, including Resort and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #550231: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #550231
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #550231 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.59:1 | 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 #550231 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
#550231 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 #550231 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/550231-c19fae-67cb62-2d1f21-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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