Color
#db3229
#db3229rgb(219, 50, 41)hsl(3, 71%, 51%)oklch(0.584 0.206 28.5)Colors that go with #db3229
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 #db3229: 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 #db3229 — 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 #db3229 — 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 #db3229: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #db3229 in 5 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including native Cybersecurity's brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #db3229, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #db3229 in 5 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Magazine Ochre, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #db3229: 14 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #db3229
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #db3229 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.67:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.5:1 | 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 #db3229 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#db3229 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 #db3229 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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