Color
#bd1436
#bd1436rgb(189, 20, 54)hsl(348, 81%, 41%)oklch(0.512 0.196 19.2)Colors that go with #bd1436
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 #bd1436 — 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 #bd1436 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 #bd1436 in 4 real palettes, including Maple and Ember, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #bd1436 in 5 real palettes, including Olive Grove and BrandSweets's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #bd1436 in 10 real palettes, including Nissan's brand system and AT&T's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold is paired with #bd1436 in 4 real palettes, including Garnet and Lay's's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #bd1436: 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 #bd1436: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #bd1436
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bd1436 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.33:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.32:1 | 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 #bd1436 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#bd1436 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 #bd1436 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/bd1436-c49c9f-62cb83-2d231f-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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