Velvet
Open in tool →Burgundy and plum on near-black with a brass accent — theatre, wine, and anything that wants to feel after-dark.
Named color
Cranberry
#9e003a
hex
#9e003argb
rgb(158, 0, 58)hsl
hsl(338, 100%, 31%)oklch
oklch(0.446 0.178 11.5)Relative luminance 0.0757
Cranberry on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the curated palettes it appears in and any public brand that adopts it.
Colors that go with Cranberry
Denim, Teal and Crimson 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.
Denim #1560bd
triadicshippedDenim completes a triad with Cranberry — 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 Cranberry on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with Cranberry in 7 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Wendy's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Typewriter and Newsprint put Slate Gray beside Cranberry, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with Cranberry in 16 real palettes, including Trader Joe's's brand system and Chipotle's brand system, as the lead colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of Cranberry: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with Cranberry: 3 real palettes, including Chipotle's brand system and Bramble, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for Cranberry: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use Cranberry
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Cranberry as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.35:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.51:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with Cranberry as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
Cranberry reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Cranberry
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #9e003a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/9e003a-c49ca6-62cb72-2d201f-f1e9f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md