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
#ca1c30
#ca1c30
hex
#ca1c30rgb
rgb(202, 28, 48)hsl
hsl(353, 76%, 45%)oklch
oklch(0.539 0.204 23)Closest name: Akari Red (#c90b42)Relative luminance 0.136
Colors that go with #ca1c30
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 #ca1c30 — 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 #ca1c30 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 #ca1c30 in 4 real palettes, including Maple and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system put Blue beside #ca1c30, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #ca1c30 in 5 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ca1c30: 11 real palettes, including Amazon's brand system and AT&T's brand system, as the accent.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #ca1c30 in 6 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Tabloid, as the lead colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ca1c30: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #ca1c30
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ca1c30 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.65:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.72:1 | 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 #ca1c30 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#ca1c30 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #ca1c30
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 #ca1c30 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/ca1c30-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.
Machine-readable: color.md