Color
#db242d
#db242drgb(219, 36, 45)hsl(357, 72%, 50%)oklch(0.575 0.215 25.5)Colors that go with #db242d
Amber, Dark Olive Green and Gold 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.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #db242d in 4 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Magazine Ochre, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold is paired with #db242d 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 #db242d in 5 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Gallery, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #db242d in 7 real palettes, including Wellness and Typewriter, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #db242d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #db242d: 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 #db242d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #db242d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #db242d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.88:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.3:1 | 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 #db242d as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#db242d 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 #db242d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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