Color
#dc0930
#dc0930rgb(220, 9, 48)hsl(349, 92%, 45%)oklch(0.567 0.226 22.7)Colors that go with #dc0930
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Steel Blue 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 #dc0930: 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 #dc0930 — 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 #dc0930: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #dc0930 in 5 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Maple, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside #dc0930, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #dc0930: 12 real palettes, including Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #dc0930: 5 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Replit's brand system, as the accent.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #dc0930 in 7 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Tabloid, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #dc0930
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #dc0930 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.09:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.12:1 | 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 #dc0930 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#dc0930 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 #dc0930 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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