Color
#69171b
#69171brgb(105, 23, 27)hsl(357, 64%, 25%)oklch(0.347 0.115 23.1)Colors that go with #69171b
Teal, Copper and Crimson 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 #69171b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #69171b: 4 real palettes, including Bramble and Chipotle's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #69171b in 4 real palettes, including M&M's's brand system and Burger King's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #69171b: 4 real palettes, including Resort and Stone, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #69171b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system put Blue beside #69171b, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped3 real palettes, including Blush and Nursery put Blush Pink beside #69171b, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #69171b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #69171b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #69171b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.08:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.74:1 | 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 #69171b 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
#69171b 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 #69171b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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