Color
#dc4156
#dc4156rgb(220, 65, 86)hsl(352, 69%, 56%)oklch(0.605 0.191 17.5)Colors that go with #dc4156
Charcoal, Dodger 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 #dc4156: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
triadicshippedDodger Blue completes a triad with #dc4156 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #dc4156: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #dc4156: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #dc4156 in 7 real palettes, including Google's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #dc4156, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #dc4156: 7 real palettes, including Pepsi's brand system and Walgreens's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #dc4156: 18 real palettes, including Costco's brand system and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #dc4156
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #dc4156 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.26:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.93:1 | 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 #dc4156 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
#dc4156 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 #dc4156 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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