Velvet
Open in tool →Burgundy and plum on near-black with a brass accent — theatre, wine, and anything that wants to feel after-dark.
Color
#642b41
#642b41
hex
#642b41rgb
rgb(100, 43, 65)hsl
hsl(337, 40%, 28%)oklch
oklch(0.375 0.086 357.8)Closest name: Arcane Red (#6a2f2f)Relative luminance 0.0482
Colors that go with #642b41
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 #642b41 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #642b41, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #642b41: 4 real palettes, including Bramble and Notion's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #642b41 in 5 real palettes, including Burger King's brand system and M&M's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #642b41: 4 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Heinz's brand system, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #642b41: 4 real palettes, including Macaron and Nursery, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #642b41 in 5 real palettes, including Console Light and Docker's brand system, as the lead colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #642b41: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #642b41
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #642b41 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 10.69:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.96:1 | 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 #642b41 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#642b41 reads as warm, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #642b41
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #642b41 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/642b41-c49ca7-62cb70-2d201f-f1e9f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md