Color
#7b170a
#7b170argb(123, 23, 10)hsl(7, 85%, 26%)oklch(0.381 0.136 31)Colors that go with #7b170a
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 #7b170a 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 #7b170a in 4 real palettes, including M&M's's brand system and State Farm's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #7b170a in 9 real palettes, including Bookshop and Cider, as that palette's text colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #7b170a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #7b170a: 3 real palettes, including Bramble and Chipotle's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped3 real palettes, including Bookshop and Typewriter put Slate Gray beside #7b170a, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #7b170a — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #7b170a wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #7b170a reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #7b170a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #7b170a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 10.66:1 | 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 #7b170a 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
#7b170a 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 #7b170a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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