Color
#c50239
#c50239rgb(197, 2, 57)hsl(343, 98%, 39%)oklch(0.523 0.209 17.9)Colors that go with #c50239
Royal Blue, Teal and Dark Olive 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #c50239 — 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 #c50239 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #c50239 in 4 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Farmers Market, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #c50239 in 9 real palettes, including AT&T's brand system and Nissan's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold is paired with #c50239 in 4 real palettes, including Tabloid 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 #c50239: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #c50239 in 4 real palettes, including Newsprint and Noir Beauty, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #c50239: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #c50239
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c50239 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.1:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.44:1 | 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 #c50239 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#c50239 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 #c50239 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c50239-c49ca3-62cb7b-2d211f-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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