Color

#dd7255

#dd7255
hex#dd7255
rgbrgb(221, 114, 85)
hslhsl(13, 67%, 60%)
oklchoklch(0.67 0.141 36.1)
Closest name: Terracotta (#e2725b)Relative luminance 0.2806

Colors that go with #dd7255

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 #dd7255

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#55c0dd

#dd557b · #ddb755

#55dd72 · #7255dd

Split-complementary

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#55ddb7 · #557bdd

#7bdd55 · #55c0dd · #b755dd

Contrast

#dd7255 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.18:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #cc4c28 as the text (4.53:1)
  • AAA: use #99391e as the text (7.1:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #292929 (4.58:1)
Aaon black
6.61:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #df795d as the text (7.03:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #dd7255 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#dd7255 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #dd7255
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 #dd7255 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/dd7255-c4a99c-62cbaf-2d281f-f1e9eb?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md