Color
#d8220e
#d8220ergb(216, 34, 14)hsl(6, 88%, 45%)oklch(0.566 0.216 30.5)Colors that go with #d8220e
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 #d8220e: 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 #d8220e — 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 #d8220e — 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 #d8220e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #d8220e in 5 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Maple, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Doordash's brand system put Blue beside #d8220e, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #d8220e in 5 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Magazine Ochre, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #d8220e: 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 #d8220e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #d8220e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.05:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.15:1 | 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 #d8220e as the background.
Brands using this color
- State Farmprimary · #d62311 · Δ0.393
- MAC Cosmeticssecondary · #da1717 · Δ1.02
- Pinterestsecondary · #dd0e0e · Δ1.355
- Svelteprimary · #d43008 · Δ1.539
- Sveltesecondary · #d43008 · Δ1.539
- Foot Lockersecondary · #d12e20 · Δ1.578
- Codecademyaccent · #dc2626 · Δ1.622
- Burberrysecondary · #d5151f · Δ1.765
- M&M'ssecondary · #d70100 · Δ1.777
- Formula 1secondary · #e10600 · Δ1.893
- Budweiserprimary · #dc041c · Δ1.959
Fonts for this mood
#d8220e 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.
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