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
#6b2447
#6b2447
hex
#6b2447rgb
rgb(107, 36, 71)hsl
hsl(330, 50%, 28%)oklch
oklch(0.379 0.108 353)Closest name: Beet Red (#7e203f)Relative luminance 0.0484
Colors that go with #6b2447
Teal, Crimson and Taupe 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 #6b2447 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 #6b2447 in 5 real palettes, including Lenovo's brand system and M&M's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #6b2447 in 6 real palettes, including Bookshop and Blush, as that palette's text colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped3 real palettes, including Nursery and Blush put Blush Pink beside #6b2447, as the lead colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #6b2447: 3 real palettes, including Macaron and Nursery, as the supporting colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #6b2447: 3 real palettes, including Stone and Darkroom, as the supporting colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementSea Green is a split-complement of #6b2447: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #6b2447: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #6b2447
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6b2447 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 10.67:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.97:1 | 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 #6b2447 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#6b2447 reads as warm, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #6b2447
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 #6b2447 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/6b2447-c49cab-62cb64-2d1f20-f1e9f1?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