Color
#a42d51
#a42d51rgb(164, 45, 81)hsl(342, 57%, 41%)oklch(0.49 0.156 7)Colors that go with #a42d51
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 #a42d51 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 #a42d51 in 7 real palettes, including Wendy's's brand system and Nintendo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a42d51: 7 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and State Farm's brand system, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #a42d51 in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a42d51 in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Darkroom, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #a42d51 in 5 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Bose's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Newsprint put Slate Gray beside #a42d51, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a42d51: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #a42d51
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a42d51 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.83:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.07:1 | 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 #a42d51 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
#a42d51 reads as warm. 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 #a42d51 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a42d51-c49ca3-62cb79-2d211f-f1e9ef?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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