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
#69263c
#69263c
hex
#69263crgb
rgb(105, 38, 60)hsl
hsl(340, 47%, 28%)oklch
oklch(0.374 0.098 2.7)Closest name: Arcane Red (#6a2f2f)Relative luminance 0.0472
Colors that go with #69263c
Teal, Crimson and Powder 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.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #69263c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #69263c in 5 real palettes, including M&M's's brand system and Burger King's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #69263c: 4 real palettes, including Macaron and Nursery, as the supporting colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #69263c: 5 real palettes, including Stone and Garden Wedding, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #69263c, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped3 real palettes, including Nursery and Blush put Blush Pink beside #69263c, as the lead colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #69263c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #69263c: 3 real palettes, including Bramble and Notion's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #69263c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #69263c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 10.81:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.94:1 | 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 #69263c as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#69263c reads as warm, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #69263c
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 #69263c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/69263c-c49ca5-62cb75-2d211f-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