Color
#8c080d
#8c080drgb(140, 8, 13)hsl(358, 89%, 29%)oklch(0.406 0.161 27.5)Colors that go with #8c080d
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.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #8c080d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8c080d in 11 real palettes, including Cider and Bookshop, as that palette's text colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #8c080d: 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 #8c080d, as the text colour against it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #8c080d: 3 real palettes, including Chipotle's brand system and Bramble, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8c080d in 3 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Vodafone's brand system, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #8c080d in 3 real palettes, including Bookshop and Darkroom, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8c080d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #8c080d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8c080d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.74:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.16:1 | 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 #8c080d as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#8c080d 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 #8c080d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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