Candlelight
Open in tool →Burgundy, gold and a blush on warm white — the evening wedding set; burgundy carries the formality, blush the softness.
Color
#7e162b
#7e162b
hex
#7e162brgb
rgb(126, 22, 43)hsl
hsl(348, 70%, 29%)oklch
oklch(0.39 0.137 15.9)Closest name: Burgundy (#800020)Relative luminance 0.0518
Colors that go with #7e162b
Teal, Taupe and Steel Blue 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 #7e162b 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-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #7e162b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #7e162b: 3 real palettes, including Bramble and Chipotle's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #7e162b in 3 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and M&M's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #7e162b — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementSea Green is a split-complement of #7e162b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #7e162b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #7e162b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #7e162b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 10.31:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.04:1 | 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 #7e162b 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
#7e162b reads as warm, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #7e162b
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 #7e162b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/7e162b-c49c9f-62cb83-2d231f-f1e9ef?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