Color
#ca122d
#ca122drgb(202, 18, 45)hsl(351, 84%, 43%)oklch(0.535 0.208 22.9)Colors that go with #ca122d
Royal Blue, Teal and Amber 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #ca122d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #ca122d 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 #ca122d in 4 real palettes, including Maple and Ember, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #ca122d in 5 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #ca122d in 4 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #ca122d in 11 real palettes, including AT&T's brand system and Amazon's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold is paired with #ca122d in 6 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Tabloid, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ca122d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #ca122d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ca122d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.78:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.64:1 | 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 #ca122d as the background.
Brands using this color
- Tim Hortonssecondary · #d0142c · Δ1.304
- AT&Taccent · #c70032 · Δ1.419
- Amazonsecondary · #cc0c39 · Δ1.468
- Coinbasedanger · #cf202f · Δ1.666
- Five Guyssecondary · #d21033 · Δ1.738
- Wiseaccent · #cb272f · Δ1.785
- Budweisersecondary · #cc0414 · Δ1.833
- GitHubdanger · #cf222e · Δ1.834
- Nissansecondary · #c3002f · Δ1.971
Fonts for this mood
#ca122d 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 #ca122d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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