Color
#6d172e
#6d172ergb(109, 23, 46)hsl(344, 65%, 26%)oklch(0.359 0.119 10.2)Colors that go with #6d172e
Teal, Crimson 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 #6d172e 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 #6d172e in 5 real palettes, including M&M's's brand system and Burger King's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #6d172e: 3 real palettes, including Bramble and Chipotle's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #6d172e: 3 real palettes, including Heinz's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #6d172e: 3 real palettes, including Macaron and Nursery, as the supporting colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementSea Green is a split-complement of #6d172e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Rust #b7410e
analogousshippedRust is #6d172e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #6d172e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #6d172e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6d172e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.59:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.81:1 | 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 #6d172e 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
#6d172e 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 #6d172e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/6d172e-c49ca2-62cb7c-2d221f-f1e9ef?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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