Color
#a52249
#a52249rgb(165, 34, 73)hsl(342, 66%, 39%)oklch(0.48 0.167 9.3)Colors that go with #a52249
Teal, Champagne 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.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #a52249 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Darkroom put Champagne beside #a52249, as the text colour against it.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #a52249 in 6 real palettes, including Wendy's's brand system and State Farm's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a52249: 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 #a52249 in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a52249 in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Bookshop, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #a52249 in 5 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Bose's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a52249: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #a52249
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a52249 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.18:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.92:1 | 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 #a52249 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
#a52249 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 #a52249 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a52249-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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