Color
#ca2302
#ca2302rgb(202, 35, 2)hsl(10, 98%, 40%)oklch(0.54 0.204 31.9)Colors that go with #ca2302
Teal, Dark Olive Green and Gold 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.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #ca2302 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #ca2302 in 4 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Magazine Ochre, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold is paired with #ca2302 in 5 real palettes, including Garnet and Tabloid, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #ca2302 in 5 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Gallery, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #ca2302 in 6 real palettes, including Typewriter and Olive Grove, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #ca2302: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ca2302 in 3 real palettes, including Maple and Trailhead, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ca2302: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #ca2302
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ca2302 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.6:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.75:1 | 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 #ca2302 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#ca2302 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 #ca2302 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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