Color

#8c1237

#8c1237
hex#8c1237
rgbrgb(140, 18, 55)
hslhsl(342, 77%, 31%)
oklchoklch(0.417 0.154 11)
Closest name: Beet Red (#7e203f)Relative luminance 0.0628

Colors that go with #8c1237

Denim, Teal 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.

Real palettes that use #8c1237

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#128c67

#8c1274 · #8c2b12

#378c12 · #12378c

Split-complementary

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#128c2b · #12748c

#748c12 · #128c67 · #2b128c

Contrast

#8c1237 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.31:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.26:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #e21d58 as the text (4.55:1)
  • AAA: use #ec6a91 as the text (7.04:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b5b5b5 (4.54:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #e0e0e0 (7.05:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8c1237 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

#8c1237 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #8c1237
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 #8c1237 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/8c1237-c49ca3-62cb79-2d211f-f1e9ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md