Color

#c50253

#c50253
hex#c50253
rgbrgb(197, 2, 83)
hslhsl(335, 98%, 39%)
oklchoklch(0.528 0.211 8.3)
Closest name: Akari Red (#c90b42)Relative luminance 0.1254

Colors that go with #c50253

Teal, Amber and Denim 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#02c574

#c502b5 · #c51202

#53c502 · #0253c5

Split-complementary

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#02c512 · #02b5c5

#b5c502 · #02c574 · #1202c5

Contrast

#c50253 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
5.99:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #b1024b as the text (7.05:1)
Aaon black
3.51:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #e80262 as the text (4.62:1)
  • AAA: use #fd589d as the text (7.06:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #e0e0e0 (4.54:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #c50253 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#c50253 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #c50253
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #c50253 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/c50253-c49ca8-62cb6d-2d201f-f1e9f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md