Color
#db1499
#db1499rgb(219, 20, 153)hsl(320, 83%, 47%)oklch(0.596 0.243 347.5)Colors that go with #db1499
Denim, Sea Green and Charcoal 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.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #db1499: 4 real palettes, including Maybelline's brand system and Hasbro's brand system, as the accent.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementarySea Green sits directly opposite #db1499 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 #db1499: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
split-complementDark Cyan is a split-complement of #db1499: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Olive Drab #6b8e23
split-complementOlive Drab is a split-complement of #db1499: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #db1499's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #db1499 in two real palettes: Ubisoft's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the accent.
Tomato #ff6347
shippedTwo real palettes: Sunset Boulevard and Night Market put Tomato beside #db1499, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #db1499
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #db1499 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.59:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.57:1 | 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 #db1499 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#db1499 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 #db1499 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/db1499-c19fb2-72cb62-2d1f23-f0e9f1?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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