Color

#8a0900

#8a0900
hex#8a0900
rgbrgb(138, 9, 0)
hslhsl(4, 100%, 27%)
oklchoklch(0.402 0.16 30.3)
Closest name: darkred (#8b0000)Relative luminance 0.056

Colors that go with #8a0900

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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#00818a

#8a003c · #8a4e00

#008a09 · #09008a

Split-complementary

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#008a4e · #003c8a

#3c8a00 · #00818a · #4e008a

Contrast

#8a0900 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.91:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.12:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #eb1000 as the text (4.61:1)
  • AAA: use #ff6257 as the text (7.14:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b0b0b0 (4.57:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #d9d9d9 (7.02:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8a0900 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#8a0900 reads as warm, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #8a0900
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #8a0900 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/8a0900-c4a39c-62cb9f-2d261f-f1e9ed?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md