Color
#ad5253
#ad5253rgb(173, 82, 83)hsl(359, 36%, 50%)oklch(0.552 0.12 21.1)Colors that go with #ad5253
Sea Green, Steel Blue and Teal 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #ad5253 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #ad5253: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #ad5253 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 #ad5253 in 5 real palettes, including Ember and Trailhead, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #ad5253, as the text colour against it.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ad5253: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ad5253 in 8 real palettes, including Nintendo's brand system and Redfin's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #ad5253 in 6 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and BrandSweets's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #ad5253
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ad5253 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.11:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.11:1 | 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 #ad5253 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
#ad5253 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 #ad5253 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ad5253-c4a09c-62cb96-2d251f-f1e9ed?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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