Tabloid
Open in tool →Red, black and yellow on white is the loudest three-color system in print — use it when headlines are the product.
Color
#db143f
#db143f
hex
#db143frgb
rgb(219, 20, 63)hsl
hsl(347, 83%, 47%)oklch
oklch(0.57 0.221 19.1)Closest name: crimson (#dc143c)Relative luminance 0.1592
Colors that go with #db143f
Amber, Gold and Slate Gray 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.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold is paired with #db143f in 5 real palettes, including Tabloid and Tequila Sunrise, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #db143f in 4 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Newsprint, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #db143f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #db143f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #db143f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #db143f: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #db143f in 3 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Fireside, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #db143f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #db143f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.02:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 4.18:1 | 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 #db143f as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Gemstone
Open in tool →Emerald, amethyst and ruby on velvet-black — the jewel-tone trio; the surface must be dark or the stones go plastic.
Fonts for this mood
#db143f reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #db143f
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #db143f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/db143f-c49ca0-62cb82-2d221f-f1e9ef?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md