Magazine Ochre
Open in tool →Ochre and walnut on unbleached stock, with teal as the counterpoint — a features-section palette with some heat in it.
Color
Bloodhound
#bb5511
hex
#bb5511rgb
rgb(187, 85, 17)hsl
hsl(24, 83%, 40%)oklch
oklch(0.569 0.15 47.4)Relative luminance 0.171
Colors that go with Bloodhound
Crimson, Royal Blue 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.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is Bloodhound's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of Bloodhound: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with Bloodhound — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementaryshippedSteel Blue sits directly opposite Bloodhound 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 Bloodhound in 6 real palettes, including Trailhead and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Blue beside Bloodhound, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with Bloodhound: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for Bloodhound: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use Bloodhound
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Bloodhound as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.75:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 4.42:1 | 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 Bloodhound as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
Bloodhound reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Bloodhound
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #bb5511 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/bb5511-c4b19c-62cbc2-2d2b1f-f1e9ea?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md