Garnet
Open in tool →Garnet, carnelian and citrine on a wine-black — the warm jewel set for spirits, theatre and jewellery itself.
Color
#980b2a
#980b2a
hex
#980b2argb
rgb(152, 11, 42)hsl
hsl(347, 87%, 32%)oklch
oklch(0.435 0.168 18.7)Closest name: Cranberry (#9e003a)Relative luminance 0.0708
Colors that go with #980b2a
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 #980b2a 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 #980b2a in 6 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 #980b2a: 5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Campbell's's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #980b2a in 4 real palettes, including Candlelight and Fireside, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Typewriter and Newsprint put Slate Gray beside #980b2a, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #980b2a in 15 real palettes, including Trader Joe's's brand system and Chipotle's brand system, as the lead colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #980b2a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #980b2a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #980b2a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #980b2a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.69:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.42:1 | 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 #980b2a as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#980b2a reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #980b2a
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #980b2a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/980b2a-c49ca0-62cb82-2d221f-f1e9ef?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md