Color
#cd551d
#cd551drgb(205, 85, 29)hsl(19, 75%, 46%)oklch(0.597 0.166 42)Colors that go with #cd551d
Charcoal, Dodger 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 #cd551d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
split-complementshippedDodger Blue is a split-complement of #cd551d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #cd551d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementaryshippedSteel Blue sits directly opposite #cd551d 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 #cd551d in 5 real palettes, including Trailhead and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Glossier's brand system and native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside #cd551d, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #cd551d: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Diner, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and LG's brand system put Champagne beside #cd551d.
Real palettes that use #cd551d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cd551d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.27:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.91:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #cd551d 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
#cd551d 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 #cd551d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cd551d-c4ad9c-62cbb9-2d2a1f-f1e9eb?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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