Color
#d6281f
#d6281frgb(214, 40, 31)hsl(3, 75%, 48%)oklch(0.567 0.209 28.9)Colors that go with #d6281f
Charcoal, Royal 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 #d6281f: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #d6281f — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #d6281f — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #d6281f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #d6281f in 5 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Maple, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside #d6281f, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #d6281f in 5 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Magazine Ochre, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #d6281f: 14 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #d6281f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #d6281f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.02:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.18:1 | 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 #d6281f as the background.
Brands using this color
- State Farmprimary · #d62311 · Δ0.763
- Foot Lockersecondary · #d12e20 · Δ1.016
- MAC Cosmeticssecondary · #da1717 · Δ1.283
- Codecademyaccent · #dc2626 · Δ1.312
- Svelteprimary · #d43008 · Δ1.629
- Sveltesecondary · #d43008 · Δ1.629
- Burberrysecondary · #d5151f · Δ1.639
- Pinterestsecondary · #dd0e0e · Δ1.833
- Lay'saccent · #df2027 · Δ1.922
Fonts for this mood
#d6281f 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 #d6281f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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