#cd040b as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	5.8:1	pass	pass	fail	AAA: use #b4040a as the text (7.09:1)
Aaon black	3.62:1	fail	pass	fail	AA: use #eb050c as the text (4.56:1) AAA: use #fc6469 as the text (7.17:1) AA: or shift the background to #e3e3e3 (4.52:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #cd040b as the background.

Brands using this color

Behanceaccent · #d00d00 · Δ0.938

Fonts for this mood

#cd040b reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Warm fonts →Playful fonts →Bold fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #cd040b

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #cd040b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/cd040b-c49f9c-62cb95-2d251f-f1e9ed?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md