Color
#850a2f
#850a2frgb(133, 10, 47)hsl(342, 86%, 28%)oklch(0.398 0.152 12.9)Colors that go with #850a2f
Teal, Crimson and Denim 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 #850a2f 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 #850a2f in 4 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Wendy's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
triadicshippedDenim completes a triad with #850a2f — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #850a2f in 8 real palettes, including Bookshop and Cider, as that palette's text colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped3 real palettes, including Bramble and Darkroom put Champagne beside #850a2f, as the text colour against it.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementSea Green is a split-complement of #850a2f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Rust #b7410e
analogousshippedRust is #850a2f's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #850a2f: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #850a2f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #850a2f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 10.09:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.08:1 | 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 #850a2f 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
#850a2f 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 #850a2f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/850a2f-c49ca3-62cb79-2d211f-f1e9ef?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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