# #780d26

A color — warm, vivid, dark, playful, bold, luxury. Deterministic analysis from BrandSweets (no inference).

## Values

- Hex: `#780d26`
- RGB: rgb(120, 13, 38)
- HSL: hsl(346, 80%, 26%)
- OKLCH: oklch(0.371 0.138 15.9)
- Relative luminance: 0.0442
- Nearest named color: Evil Forces (#770022, Δ 1.161) — https://brandsweets.com/colors/evil-forces
- Moods: warm, vivid, dark, playful, bold, luxury
- Page: https://brandsweets.com/colors/780d26

## Tints & shades

- Tints (toward white): #971130, #b8143a, #dc1846, #e8305b, #ec5175, #ef718e, #f391a8, #f7b6c5, #fad6de, #fef6f8
- Shades (toward black): #6e0c23, #650b20, #570a1c, #4e0919, #450816, #3c0713, #320610, #25040c, #1c0309, #120206

## Harmonies

- Complementary: #0d775f
- Analogous: #770d5b, #772a0d
- Triadic: #26770d, #0d2677
- Split-complementary: #0d772a, #0d5b77
- Tetradic: #5b770d, #0d775f, #2a0d77

## Colors that go with #780d26

Named partners (harmony on the OKLCH wheel, co-occurrence in curated palettes and brand systems, and the neutrals that carry it), best first:

- **Teal** #008080 [harmony, pool: complementary] — Teal sits directly opposite #780d26 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight. Seen in: Saffron (https://brandsweets.com/palettes/warm#saffron). — https://brandsweets.com/colors/teal
- **Crimson** #dc143c [pool] — Crimson is paired with #780d26 in 4 real palettes, including M&M's's brand system and Burger King's brand system, as the supporting colour. Seen in: M&M's (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/mms-com), Burger King (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/bk-com), State Farm (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/statefarm-com), Lenovo (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/lenovo-com). — https://brandsweets.com/colors/crimson
- **Taupe** #483c32 [pool] — Taupe is paired with #780d26 in 5 real palettes, including Bookshop and Cider, as that palette's text colour. Seen in: Bookshop (https://brandsweets.com/palettes/editorial#bookshop), Cider (https://brandsweets.com/palettes/warm#cider), Trader Joe's (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/traderjoes-com), Superhuman (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/superhuman-com). — https://brandsweets.com/colors/taupe
- **Royal Blue** #4169e1 [harmony, pool: triadic] — Royal Blue completes a triad with #780d26 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash. Seen in: Bose (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/bose-com). — https://brandsweets.com/colors/royalblue
- **Sea Green** #2e8b57 [harmony: split] — Sea Green is a split-complement of #780d26: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement. — https://brandsweets.com/colors/seagreen
- **Steel Blue** #4682b4 [harmony: split] — Steel Blue is a split-complement of #780d26: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement. — https://brandsweets.com/colors/steelblue
- **Rust** #b7410e [harmony, pool: analogous] — Rust is #780d26's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces. Seen in: Garnet (https://brandsweets.com/palettes/warm#garnet). — https://brandsweets.com/colors/rust
- **Charcoal** #36454f [role, pool] — Charcoal is the body-text near-black for #780d26: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy. Seen in: Hinge (https://brandsweets.com/colors/brands/hinge-co). — https://brandsweets.com/colors/charcoal

## Contrast (WCAG 2.x, as text)

- On white (#ffffff): 11.15:1 — AA pass, AA-large pass, AAA pass
- On black (#000000): 1.88:1 — AA fail, AA-large fail, AAA fail. Fix: AA: text → #e61949 (4.6:1); AA: background → #a6a6a6 (4.58:1); AAA: text → #ef6c8b (7.19:1); AAA: background → #cfcfcf (7.15:1)

## Fonts for this mood

- warm: https://brandsweets.com/fonts/mood/warm
- playful: https://brandsweets.com/fonts/mood/playful
- bold: https://brandsweets.com/fonts/mood/bold
- luxury: https://brandsweets.com/fonts/mood/luxury

## Palette tool

Open this color locked as the lead with four explored companions: https://brandsweets.com/palettes/new/780d26-c49ca1-62cb80-2d221f-f1e9ef?lock=0&style=vibrant
(Humans lock/regenerate in the tool; the URL is the state — read `lock=` back to see what they kept.)

## Connect an agent

Point any MCP client at the BrandSweets colors endpoint for the same engine:

- Endpoint: https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
- Tools: `analyze_color` (e.g. `analyze_color({ color: "#780d26" })`), `check_contrast` (with fixes), `generate_palette` (explore around locks), `suggest_palette` (mood/industry → curated-first), `list_palettes`.