Color
#a42857
#a42857rgb(164, 40, 87)hsl(337, 61%, 40%)oklch(0.487 0.163 2.7)Colors that go with #a42857
Crimson, Denim and Goldenrod 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.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #a42857 in 6 real palettes, including Wendy's's brand system and Nintendo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a42857: 6 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #a42857 in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #a42857 in 5 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Bose's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a42857 in 16 real palettes, including Tommy Hilfiger's brand system and Typewriter, as the lead colour.
Teal #008080
complementaryTeal sits directly opposite #a42857 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #a42857: 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 #a42857: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #a42857
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a42857 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.95:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.02:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #a42857 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
#a42857 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 #a42857 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a42857-c49ca7-62cb70-2d201f-f1e9f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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