Color
#b40e53
#b40e53rgb(180, 14, 83)hsl(335, 86%, 38%)oklch(0.499 0.194 5.5)Colors that go with #b40e53
Teal, Amber and Cobalt Blue 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 #b40e53 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 #b40e53 in 4 real palettes, including Maple and Ember, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #b40e53: 4 real palettes, including MLB's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b40e53: 9 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #b40e53 in 6 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Coinbase's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Newsprint and Typewriter put Slate Gray beside #b40e53, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #b40e53 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #b40e53: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #b40e53
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b40e53 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.71:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.13:1 | 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 #b40e53 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
#b40e53 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 #b40e53 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b40e53-c49ca8-62cb6d-2d201f-f1e9f0?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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