Color
#dd2113
#dd2113rgb(221, 33, 19)hsl(4, 84%, 47%)oklch(0.575 0.22 29.8)Colors that go with #dd2113
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 #dd2113: 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 #dd2113 — 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 #dd2113 — 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 #dd2113: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #dd2113 in 5 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Maple, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Doordash's brand system and native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside #dd2113, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #dd2113 in 5 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Magazine Ochre, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #dd2113: 14 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #dd2113
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #dd2113 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.88:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.3:1 | 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 #dd2113 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Lenovosecondary · #e1251b · Δ1.026
- Codecademyaccent · #dc2626 · Δ1.085
- Pinterestsecondary · #dd0e0e · Δ1.132
- MAC Cosmeticssecondary · #da1717 · Δ1.156
- Formula 1secondary · #e10600 · Δ1.312
- Lay'saccent · #df2027 · Δ1.339
- State Farmprimary · #d62311 · Δ1.39
- WWEsecondary · #e40707 · Δ1.551
- Toyotasecondary · #e10a1d · Δ1.577
- Netflixprimary · #e50914 · Δ1.741
- Budweiserprimary · #dc041c · Δ1.849
- Vodafoneaccent · #e60000 · Δ1.907
- Nintendosecondary · #e60012 · Δ1.989
Fonts for this mood
#dd2113 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 #dd2113 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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