#cd042c as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	5.75:1	pass	pass	fail	AAA: use #b40427 as the text (7.03:1)
Aaon black	3.65:1	fail	pass	fail	AA: use #eb0533 as the text (4.6:1) AAA: use #fc5f7e as the text (7.08:1) AA: or shift the background to #e6e6e6 (4.61:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #cd042c as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#cd042c 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 #cd042c

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 #cd042c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/cd042c-c49c9f-62cb83-2d231f-f1e9ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md