Color
#c55530
#c55530rgb(197, 85, 48)hsl(15, 61%, 48%)oklch(0.587 0.152 38.3)Colors that go with #c55530
Charcoal, Sea Green and Steel Blue 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 #c55530: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #c55530 — 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 #c55530: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #c55530 in 7 real palettes, including Trailhead and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Doordash's brand system put Blue beside #c55530, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #c55530: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Diner, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #c55530.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #c55530: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #c55530
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c55530 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.45:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.72:1 | 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 #c55530 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
#c55530 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 #c55530 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c55530-c4ab9c-62cbb2-2d291f-f1e9eb?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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