Color
#d82a13
#d82a13rgb(216, 42, 19)hsl(7, 84%, 46%)oklch(0.571 0.211 31)Colors that go with #d82a13
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 #d82a13: 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 #d82a13 — 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 #d82a13 — 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 #d82a13: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #d82a13 in 7 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Wired's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Doordash's brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #d82a13, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #d82a13: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #d82a13 in 5 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Magazine Ochre, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #d82a13
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #d82a13 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.93:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.26:1 | 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 #d82a13 as the background.
Brands using this color
- McDonald'ssecondary · #da291c · Δ0.654
- State Farmprimary · #d62311 · Δ0.891
- Burger Kingprimary · #d62300 · Δ0.982
- Svelteprimary · #d43008 · Δ1.086
- Sveltesecondary · #d43008 · Δ1.086
- Foot Lockersecondary · #d12e20 · Δ1.436
- Codecademyaccent · #dc2626 · Δ1.543
- MAC Cosmeticssecondary · #da1717 · Δ1.608
- JBLsecondary · #df2d00 · Δ1.671
- Lenovosecondary · #e1251b · Δ1.833
- Pinterestsecondary · #dd0e0e · Δ1.911
Fonts for this mood
#d82a13 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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