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Color
#be3419
#be3419
hex
#be3419rgb
rgb(190, 52, 25)hsl
hsl(10, 77%, 42%)oklch
oklch(0.533 0.179 32.9)Closest name: Bloodshed (#ba271a)Relative luminance 0.1347
Colors that go with #be3419
Royal Blue, Sea Green and Steel Blue 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 #be3419 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #be3419 — 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 #be3419: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #be3419 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 #be3419 in 6 real palettes, including Trailhead and Maple, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Doordash's brand system put Blue beside #be3419, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #be3419: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #be3419: 4 real palettes, including Behance's brand system and MLB's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #be3419
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #be3419 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.68:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.69:1 | 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 #be3419 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#be3419 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #be3419
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 #be3419 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/be3419-c4a79c-62cbaa-2d281f-f1e9ec?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