Color
#89242e
#89242ergb(137, 36, 46)hsl(354, 58%, 34%)oklch(0.424 0.135 19.8)Colors that go with #89242e
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 #89242e 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 #89242e in 6 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Wendy's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #89242e: 4 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Typewriter put Slate Gray beside #89242e, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #89242e in 14 real palettes, including Cider and Bookshop, as that palette's text colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #89242e: 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 #89242e, as the text colour against it.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #89242e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #89242e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #89242e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.92:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.36:1 | 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 #89242e 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
#89242e reads as warm. 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 #89242e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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