#bb021e as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	6.69:1	pass	pass	fail	AAA: use #b1021c as the text (7.25:1)
Aaon black	3.14:1	fail	pass	fail	AA: use #ed0226 as the text (4.64:1) AAA: use #fd627a as the text (7.2:1) AA: or shift the background to #d4d4d4 (4.51:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #bb021e as the background.

Brands using this color

Datadogaccent · #bf0000 · Δ1.757

Palettes built around it

b91c1c 78716c d97706 f5f1ea 1c1917

Newsprint

Open in tool →

Ink-black on warm paper with a single red — the broadsheet hierarchy that lets typography lead.

Editorial Muted Warm

Fonts for this mood

#bb021e reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Warm fonts →Playful fonts →Bold fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #bb021e

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #bb021e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/bb021e-c49c9e-62cb89-2d231f-f1e9ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md