Color
#db611f
#db611frgb(219, 97, 31)hsl(21, 75%, 49%)oklch(0.636 0.17 44.4)Colors that go with #db611f
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Crimson 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #db611f 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 #db611f: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #db611f's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
split-complementshippedDodger Blue is a split-complement of #db611f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Glossier's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #db611f, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #db611f in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #db611f, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #db611f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #db611f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.66:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.74:1 | 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 #db611f as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#db611f 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 #db611f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/db611f-c4af9c-62cbbd-2d2a1f-f1e9ea?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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