#dc042c as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	5.13:1	pass	pass	fail	AAA: use #b40424 as the text (7.04:1)
Aaon black	4.1:1	fail	pass	fail	AA: use #eb052f as the text (4.6:1) AAA: use #fc5f7c as the text (7.07:1) AA: or shift the background to #f2f2f2 (4.58:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #dc042c as the background.

Brands using this color

Pinterestprimary · #e40424 · Δ1.788

Fonts for this mood

#dc042c reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Warm fonts →Playful fonts →Bold fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #dc042c

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #dc042c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/dc042c-c49c9f-62cb85-2d231f-f1e9ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md