Color
#8a250f
#8a250frgb(138, 37, 15)hsl(11, 80%, 30%)oklch(0.423 0.14 33.6)Colors that go with #8a250f
Teal, Champagne and Crimson 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 #8a250f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Darkroom put Champagne beside #8a250f, as the text colour against it.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8a250f in 5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Wendy's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Typewriter put Slate Gray beside #8a250f, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8a250f 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 #8a250f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #8a250f: 3 real palettes, including Chipotle's brand system and Bakery, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8a250f: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #8a250f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a250f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.93:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.35:1 | 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 #8a250f 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
#8a250f 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 #8a250f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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