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
#9f093e
#9f093e
hex
#9f093ergb
rgb(159, 9, 62)hsl
hsl(339, 89%, 33%)oklch
oklch(0.452 0.176 10.5)Closest name: Cranberry (#9e003a)Relative luminance 0.0791
Colors that go with #9f093e
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 #9f093e — 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 #9f093e 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 #9f093e 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 #9f093e in 4 real palettes, including Candlelight and Fireside, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #9f093e in 4 real palettes, including Bose's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Typewriter and Newsprint put Slate Gray beside #9f093e, as the supporting colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #9f093e: 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 #9f093e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #9f093e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9f093e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.13:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.58:1 | 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 #9f093e 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
#9f093e reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #9f093e
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 #9f093e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/9f093e-c49ca5-62cb74-2d211f-f1e9f0?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