Color
#d9545a
#d9545argb(217, 84, 90)hsl(357, 64%, 59%)oklch(0.622 0.167 20.7)Colors that go with #d9545a
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Steel Blue 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #d9545a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #d9545a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #d9545a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #d9545a in 8 real palettes, including Google's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system put Blue beside #d9545a, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #d9545a: 7 real palettes, including Pepsi's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #d9545a: 20 real palettes, including Postman's brand system and Etsy's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #d9545a: 9 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Figma's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #d9545a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #d9545a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.91:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.37:1 | 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 #d9545a 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
#d9545a 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 #d9545a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/d9545a-c49f9c-62cb93-2d251f-f1e9ed?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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