Velvet
Open in tool →Burgundy and plum on near-black with a brass accent — theatre, wine, and anything that wants to feel after-dark.
Color
#99153a
#99153a
hex
#99153argb
rgb(153, 21, 58)hsl
hsl(343, 76%, 34%)oklch
oklch(0.445 0.164 12.5)Closest name: Cranberry (#9e003a)Relative luminance 0.0761
Colors that go with #99153a
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.
Denim #1560bd
triadicshippedDenim completes a triad with #99153a — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #99153a 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 #99153a in 7 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Wendy's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #99153a 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 #99153a, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #99153a in 17 real palettes, including Chipotle's brand system and Trader Joe's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #99153a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #99153a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #99153a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #99153a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.32:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.52:1 | 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 #99153a 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
Garnet
Open in tool →Garnet, carnelian and citrine on a wine-black — the warm jewel set for spirits, theatre and jewellery itself.
Fonts for this mood
#99153a reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #99153a
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 #99153a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/99153a-c49ca3-62cb7b-2d211f-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