Color

#dc735b

#dc735b
hex#dc735b
rgbrgb(220, 115, 91)
hslhsl(11, 65%, 61%)
oklchoklch(0.671 0.137 34)
Closest name: Terracotta (#e2725b)Relative luminance 0.2823

Colors that go with #dc735b

Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Amber 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.

Real palettes that use #dc735b

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#5bc4dc

#dc5b84 · #dcb35b

#5bdc73 · #735bdc

Split-complementary

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#5bdcb3 · #5b84dc

#84dc5b · #5bc4dc · #b35bdc

Contrast

#dc735b as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.16:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #ce4a2c as the text (4.53:1)
  • AAA: use #973620 as the text (7.33:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #292929 (4.6:1)
Aaon black
6.65:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #de7a63 as the text (7.07:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #dc735b as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#dc735b reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #dc735b
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #dc735b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/dc735b-c4a89c-62cbab-2d281f-f1e9ec?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md