Color
#8f243d
#8f243drgb(143, 36, 61)hsl(346, 60%, 35%)oklch(0.439 0.142 11.9)Colors that go with #8f243d
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 #8f243d 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 #8f243d in 4 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Nintendo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8f243d: 6 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Typewriter and Bookshop put Slate Gray beside #8f243d, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8f243d 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 #8f243d, as the text colour against it.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8f243d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #8f243d: 3 real palettes, including Chipotle's brand system and Bramble, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #8f243d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8f243d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.44:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.49:1 | 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 #8f243d 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
#8f243d 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 #8f243d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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