Color
#b5405f
#b5405frgb(181, 64, 95)hsl(344, 48%, 48%)oklch(0.543 0.153 7.6)Colors that go with #b5405f
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
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #b5405f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #b5405f — 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 #b5405f 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 #b5405f in 5 real palettes, including Ember and Maple, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #b5405f: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #b5405f in 6 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b5405f: 11 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #b5405f in 4 real palettes, including Tabloid and Garnet, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #b5405f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b5405f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.44:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.86:1 | 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 #b5405f 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
#b5405f 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 #b5405f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b5405f-c49ca2-62cb7c-2d221f-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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