Color
#dc4038
#dc4038rgb(220, 64, 56)hsl(3, 70%, 54%)oklch(0.6 0.194 27.6)Colors that go with #dc4038
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 #dc4038: 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 #dc4038 — 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 #dc4038 — 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 #dc4038: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #dc4038 in 5 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Trailhead, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #dc4038 in 8 real palettes, including native Cybersecurity's brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #dc4038 in 4 real palettes, including Diner and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #dc4038 in 5 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Clay & Linen, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #dc4038
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #dc4038 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.34:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.83:1 | 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 #dc4038 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#dc4038 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 #dc4038 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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