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
#c7292e
#c7292e
hex
#c7292ergb
rgb(199, 41, 46)hsl
hsl(358, 66%, 47%)oklch
oklch(0.542 0.193 25.3)Closest name: Bento Box (#cc363c)Relative luminance 0.1393
Colors that go with #c7292e
Charcoal, Royal Blue 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 #c7292e: 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 #c7292e — 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 #c7292e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #c7292e 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 #c7292e in 6 real palettes, including Maple and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system put Blue beside #c7292e, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #c7292e: 4 real palettes, including Behance's brand system and MLB's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #c7292e in 5 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #c7292e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c7292e 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 #c7292e as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#c7292e reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #c7292e
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 #c7292e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/c7292e-c49f9c-62cb95-2d251f-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