Color
#c84656
#c84656rgb(200, 70, 86)hsl(353, 54%, 53%)oklch(0.578 0.165 16.8)Colors that go with #c84656
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 #c84656: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #c84656: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #c84656: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #c84656 in 6 real palettes, including Maple and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #c84656, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #c84656: 4 real palettes, including Diner and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #c84656: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and MLB's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #c84656 in 5 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Clay & Linen, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #c84656
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c84656 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.7:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.47:1 | 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 #c84656 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
#c84656 reads as warm. 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 #c84656 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c84656-c49c9c-62cb8c-2d241f-f1e9ee?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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