Color
#da1916
#da1916rgb(218, 25, 22)hsl(1, 82%, 47%)oklch(0.566 0.221 28.6)Colors that go with #da1916
Royal Blue, Sea Green 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #da1916 — 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 #da1916 — 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 #da1916: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #da1916 in 7 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Gap's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #da1916: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #da1916 in 5 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Magazine Ochre, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #da1916 in 10 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and Amazon's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #da1916
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #da1916 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.08:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.13:1 | 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 #da1916 as the background.
Brands using this color
- MAC Cosmeticssecondary · #da1717 · Δ0.156
- Pinterestsecondary · #dd0e0e · Δ0.675
- Budweiserprimary · #dc041c · Δ1.084
- Burberrysecondary · #d5151f · Δ1.297
- Formula 1secondary · #e10600 · Δ1.436
- M&M'ssecondary · #d70100 · Δ1.455
- Toyotasecondary · #e10a1d · Δ1.506
- Lay'saccent · #df2027 · Δ1.597
- WWEsecondary · #e40707 · Δ1.917
Fonts for this mood
#da1916 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 #da1916 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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