#c8261e as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	5.6:1	pass	pass	fail	AAA: use #a92019 as the text (7.22:1)
Aaon black	3.75:1	fail	pass	fail	AA: use #df2f26 as the text (4.57:1) AAA: use #e9736d as the text (7.14:1) AA: or shift the background to #e8e8e8 (4.57:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #c8261e as the background.

Brands using this color

Wiseaccent · #cb272f · Δ1.58

Fonts for this mood

#c8261e reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Warm fonts →Playful fonts →Bold fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #c8261e

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #c8261e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/c8261e-c4a39c-62cb9d-2d261f-f1e9ed?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md