Color
#870000
#870000rgb(135, 0, 0)hsl(0, 100%, 26%)oklch(0.391 0.161 29.2)Colors that go with #870000
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 #870000 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 #870000 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 #870000 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 #870000: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped3 real palettes, including Bramble and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #870000, as the text colour against it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #870000: 3 real palettes, including Bramble and Chipotle's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #870000 — 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 #870000 wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #870000 reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #870000
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #870000 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 10.34:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.03:1 | 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 #870000 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
#870000 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 #870000 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/870000-c4a19c-62cb98-2d251f-f1e9ed?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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