Color
#df5211
#df5211rgb(223, 82, 17)hsl(19, 86%, 47%)oklch(0.621 0.188 40.1)Colors that go with #df5211
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 #df5211: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
split-complementshippedDodger Blue is a split-complement of #df5211: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #df5211 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
complementaryshippedSteel Blue sits directly opposite #df5211 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Glossier's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #df5211, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #df5211: 5 real palettes, including Diner and Alpine, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #df5211 in 4 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Magazine Ochre, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #df5211
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #df5211 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 3.92:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.35:1 | 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 #df5211 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#df5211 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 #df5211 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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