Color
#b41d4d
#b41d4drgb(180, 29, 77)hsl(341, 72%, 41%)oklch(0.505 0.185 9.5)Colors that go with #b41d4d
Steel 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #b41d4d — 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 #b41d4d 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 #b41d4d in 4 real palettes, including Maple and Ember, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #b41d4d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b41d4d: 11 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Nissan's brand system, as the lead colour.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #b41d4d in 4 real palettes, including Garnet and Tabloid, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including MLB's brand system and Nintendo's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #b41d4d, as the lead colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #b41d4d in 4 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and 3M's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #b41d4d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b41d4d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.51:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.22:1 | 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 #b41d4d 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
#b41d4d 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 #b41d4d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b41d4d-c49ca4-62cb77-2d211f-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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