Candlelight
Open in tool →Burgundy, gold and a blush on warm white — the evening wedding set; burgundy carries the formality, blush the softness.
Color
#7d262b
#7d262b
hex
#7d262brgb
rgb(125, 38, 43)hsl
hsl(357, 53%, 32%)oklch
oklch(0.404 0.12 21.1)Closest name: Blood Oath (#85323c)Relative luminance 0.0592
Colors that go with #7d262b
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 #7d262b 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 #7d262b in 5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and M&M's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #7d262b 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 #7d262b: 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 #7d262b, as the text colour against it.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #7d262b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #7d262b: 3 real palettes, including Bramble and Bakery, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #7d262b: 3 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #7d262b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #7d262b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.61:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.18:1 | 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 #7d262b as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#7d262b reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #7d262b
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 #7d262b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/7d262b-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.
Machine-readable: color.md