Color
#8c2141
#8c2141rgb(140, 33, 65)hsl(342, 62%, 34%)oklch(0.431 0.143 8)Colors that go with #8c2141
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 #8c2141 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 #8c2141 in 5 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 #8c2141: 5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8c2141 in 13 real palettes, including Cider and Typewriter, as that palette's text colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped3 real palettes, including Bramble and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #8c2141, as the text colour against it.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8c2141: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #8c2141: 3 real palettes, including Bramble and Chipotle's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #8c2141 in 3 real palettes, including Bookshop and Darkroom, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #8c2141
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8c2141 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.72:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.41:1 | 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 #8c2141 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
#8c2141 reads as warm, vivid, playful. 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 #8c2141 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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