Resort
Open in tool →Terracotta, eucalyptus and sand — a sun-washed palette that feels like linen.
Color
#dd7955
#dd7955
hex
#dd7955rgb
rgb(221, 121, 85)hsl
hsl(16, 67%, 60%)oklch
oklch(0.681 0.134 40.3)Closest name: Terracotta (#e2725b)Relative luminance 0.297
Colors that go with #dd7955
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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #dd7955 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #dd7955: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside #dd7955, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Blush and Estate put Blush Pink beside #dd7955, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #dd7955 in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Polaroid, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #dd7955, as that palette's text colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #dd7955 in 6 real palettes, including Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Cartier's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #dd7955
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #dd7955 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.03:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.94:1 | 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 #dd7955 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#dd7955 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #dd7955
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #dd7955 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/dd7955-c4ab9c-62cbb4-2d291f-f1e9eb?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md