Color
#db110a
#db110argb(219, 17, 10)hsl(2, 91%, 45%)oklch(0.564 0.225 29.3)Colors that go with #db110a
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 #db110a: 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 #db110a — 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 #db110a — 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 #db110a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #db110a 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 native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside #db110a, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #db110a in 4 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Magazine Ochre, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #db110a: 14 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #db110a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #db110a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.13:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.1:1 | 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 #db110a as the background.
Brands using this color
- Pinterestsecondary · #dd0e0e · Δ0.429
- MAC Cosmeticssecondary · #da1717 · Δ0.525
- Budweiserprimary · #dc041c · Δ1.106
- Formula 1secondary · #e10600 · Δ1.152
- M&M'ssecondary · #d70100 · Δ1.183
- State Farmprimary · #d62311 · Δ1.268
- Burberrysecondary · #d5151f · Δ1.515
- Toyotasecondary · #e10a1d · Δ1.541
- WWEsecondary · #e40707 · Δ1.75
- Codecademyaccent · #dc2626 · Δ1.816
- Lay'saccent · #df2027 · Δ1.924
Fonts for this mood
#db110a 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 #db110a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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