Named color
Barbecue
#c26157rgb(194, 97, 87)hsl(6, 47%, 55%)oklch(0.606 0.126 27.5)Barbecue on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the curated palettes it appears in and any public brand that adopts it.
Colors that go with Barbecue
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Sea Green 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite Barbecue on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for Barbecue: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with Barbecue — 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 Barbecue: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Barbecue in 7 real palettes, including Trailhead and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside Barbecue, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with Barbecue in 4 real palettes, including Klarna US's brand system and Gemstone, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Bramble and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside Barbecue, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use Barbecue
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Barbecue as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.08:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.14:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with Barbecue 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
Barbecue 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 #c26157 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new#c26157-c4a59c-62cba3-2d271f-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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