Maple
Open in tool →The three colours a maple goes through in October, on a warm white — loud, seasonal, and readable because the type is near-black.
Color
#c5231b
#c5231b
hex
#c5231brgb
rgb(197, 35, 27)hsl
hsl(3, 76%, 44%)oklch
oklch(0.532 0.197 28.9)Closest name: Blood Kiss (#c30b0a)Relative luminance 0.1315
Colors that go with #c5231b
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 #c5231b: 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 #c5231b — 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 #c5231b — 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 #c5231b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #c5231b 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 #c5231b in 6 real palettes, including Maple and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Doordash's brand system put Blue beside #c5231b, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #c5231b: 4 real palettes, including Behance's brand system and MLB's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #c5231b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c5231b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.78:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.63:1 | 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 #c5231b as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#c5231b reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #c5231b
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 #c5231b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/c5231b-c4a39c-62cb9d-2d261f-f1e9ed?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