Color
#cc4538
#cc4538rgb(204, 69, 56)hsl(5, 59%, 51%)oklch(0.578 0.173 29)Colors that go with #cc4538
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 #cc4538: 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 #cc4538 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #cc4538 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #cc4538: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #cc4538 in 7 real palettes, including Trailhead and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Doordash's brand system put Blue beside #cc4538, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #cc4538: 4 real palettes, including Diner and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #cc4538: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #cc4538
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cc4538 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.69:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.48:1 | 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 #cc4538 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#cc4538 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 #cc4538 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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