Color
#af230d
#af230drgb(175, 35, 13)hsl(8, 86%, 37%)oklch(0.49 0.178 31.6)Colors that go with #af230d
Royal Blue, 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #af230d — 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 #af230d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #af230d 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 #af230d in 5 real palettes, including Ember and Maple, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #af230d, as the text colour against it.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #af230d: 5 real palettes, including MLB's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #af230d in 9 real palettes, including Wendy's's brand system and Vodafone's brand system, as the lead colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #af230d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #af230d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #af230d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.84:1 | 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 #af230d as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#af230d 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 #af230d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/af230d-c4a69c-62cba6-2d271f-f1e9ec?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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