Color
#a71127
#a71127rgb(167, 17, 39)hsl(351, 82%, 36%)oklch(0.466 0.179 22.1)Colors that go with #a71127
Royal Blue, Teal and Amber 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #a71127 — 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 #a71127 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #a71127 in 4 real palettes, including Ember and Maple, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #a71127 in 7 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 #a71127: 9 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Campbell's's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #a71127 in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Sienna #a0522d
analogousshippedSienna is #a71127's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #a71127: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #a71127
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a71127 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.63:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.75:1 | 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 #a71127 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
#a71127 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 #a71127 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a71127-c49c9e-62cb89-2d231f-f1e9ee?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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