Noir Beauty
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Color
#c4301c
#c4301c
hex
#c4301crgb
rgb(196, 48, 28)hsl
hsl(7, 75%, 44%)oklch
oklch(0.54 0.188 31.1)Closest name: Bloodshed (#ba271a)Relative luminance 0.1393
Colors that go with #c4301c
Charcoal, 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #c4301c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #c4301c — 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 #c4301c — 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 #c4301c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #c4301c 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 #c4301c in 6 real palettes, including Maple and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Doordash's brand system put Blue beside #c4301c, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #c4301c: 4 real palettes, including Behance's brand system and MLB's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #c4301c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c4301c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.55:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.79:1 | 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 #c4301c as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#c4301c reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #c4301c
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 #c4301c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/c4301c-c4a59c-62cba4-2d271f-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