Color
#bb1141
#bb1141rgb(187, 17, 65)hsl(343, 83%, 40%)oklch(0.509 0.196 14.5)Colors that go with #bb1141
Royal 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #bb1141 — 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 #bb1141 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 #bb1141 in 4 real palettes, including Maple and Ember, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #bb1141 in 4 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Cider, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #bb1141: 9 real palettes, including Nissan's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the accent.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #bb1141 in 4 real palettes, including Garnet and Tabloid, as the accent.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #bb1141: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #bb1141: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #bb1141
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bb1141 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.42:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.27:1 | 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 #bb1141 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
#bb1141 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 #bb1141 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/bb1141-c49ca3-62cb7b-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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