Color
#c3555d
#c3555drgb(195, 85, 93)hsl(356, 48%, 55%)oklch(0.591 0.141 18)Colors that go with #c3555d
Charcoal, Steel Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #c3555d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #c3555d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #c3555d in 6 real palettes, including Trailhead and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #c3555d, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #c3555d: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Diner, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #c3555d, as the text colour against it.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #c3555d: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and MLB's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #c3555d in 5 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Farmers Market, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #c3555d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c3555d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.4:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.78:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #c3555d 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
#c3555d reads as warm. 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 #c3555d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c3555d-c49e9c-62cb91-2d241f-f1e9ee?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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