Color
#8f003e
#8f003ergb(143, 0, 62)hsl(334, 100%, 28%)oklch(0.417 0.167 6.1)Colors that go with #8f003e
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 #8f003e 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 #8f003e in 5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Lenovo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8f003e: 4 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8f003e in 9 real palettes, including Trader Joe's's brand system and Chipotle's brand system, as the lead colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8f003e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped3 real palettes, including Typewriter and Bookshop put Slate Gray beside #8f003e, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #8f003e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementSea Green is a split-complement of #8f003e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #8f003e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8f003e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.39:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.24:1 | 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 #8f003e 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
#8f003e 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 #8f003e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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