Saffron
Open in tool →Saffron and clove with a teal counterpoint — spice-market warmth, balanced so it doesn't go orange everywhere.
Color
#7c2c13
#7c2c13
hex
#7c2c13rgb
rgb(124, 44, 19)hsl
hsl(14, 73%, 28%)oklch
oklch(0.407 0.117 37.2)Closest name: Blackened Sun (#77150e)Relative luminance 0.0613
Colors that go with #7c2c13
Crimson, Teal 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.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #7c2c13's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #7c2c13 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #7c2c13 in 10 real palettes, including Bookshop and Cider, as that palette's text colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #7c2c13: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped3 real palettes, including Bramble and Darkroom put Champagne beside #7c2c13, as the text colour against it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #7c2c13: 3 real palettes, including Bramble and Bakery, as the supporting colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #7c2c13: 3 real palettes, including Darkroom and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #7c2c13: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #7c2c13
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #7c2c13 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.43:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.23:1 | 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 #7c2c13 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#7c2c13 reads as warm, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #7c2c13
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 #7c2c13 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/7c2c13-c4aa9c-62cbb1-2d291f-f1e9eb?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