Color
#cd0e28
#cd0e28rgb(205, 14, 40)hsl(352, 87%, 43%)oklch(0.539 0.213 24.1)Colors that go with #cd0e28
Royal Blue, Teal and Amber 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #cd0e28 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #cd0e28 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 #cd0e28 in 4 real palettes, including Maple and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside #cd0e28, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #cd0e28 in 4 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #cd0e28: 11 real palettes, including Amazon's brand system and AT&T's brand system, as the accent.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #cd0e28 in 7 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Tabloid, as the lead colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #cd0e28: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #cd0e28
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cd0e28 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.69:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.69:1 | 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 #cd0e28 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Tim Hortonssecondary · #d0142c · Δ0.826
- Coinbasedanger · #cf202f · Δ1.378
- Budweisersecondary · #cc0414 · Δ1.411
- Five Guyssecondary · #d21033 · Δ1.487
- GitHubdanger · #cf222e · Δ1.527
- Wiseaccent · #cb272f · Δ1.722
- Amazonsecondary · #cc0c39 · Δ1.848
- Cartieraccent · #d50032 · Δ1.912
- AT&Taccent · #c70032 · Δ1.997
Fonts for this mood
#cd0e28 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 #cd0e28 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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