Color
#cb3446
#cb3446rgb(203, 52, 70)hsl(353, 59%, 50%)oklch(0.561 0.187 19.4)Colors that go with #cb3446
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Sea Green 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 #cb3446: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #cb3446 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #cb3446: 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 #cb3446: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #cb3446 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 #cb3446 in 6 real palettes, including Maple and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system put Blue beside #cb3446, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #cb3446: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and Pepsi's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #cb3446
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cb3446 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.1:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.12:1 | 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 #cb3446 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
#cb3446 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 #cb3446 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cb3446-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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