Color
#78080d
#78080drgb(120, 8, 13)hsl(357, 88%, 25%)oklch(0.365 0.142 26.8)Colors that go with #78080d
Teal, Steel Blue and Cream 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 #78080d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementSteel Blue is a split-complement of #78080d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #78080d wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #78080d reads softer on it than on pure white.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #78080d in two real palettes: Bookshop and Cider, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Forest Green #228b22
triadicForest Green completes a triad with #78080d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicRoyal Blue completes a triad with #78080d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
analogousMedium Violet Red is #78080d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sienna #a0522d
analogousSienna is #78080d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Real palettes that use #78080d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #78080d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.42:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.84:1 | 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 #78080d 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
#78080d 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 #78080d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/78080d-c49f9c-62cb93-2d251f-f1e9ed?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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