Color
#e12114
#e12114rgb(225, 33, 20)hsl(4, 84%, 48%)oklch(0.582 0.224 29.6)Colors that go with #e12114
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 #e12114: 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 #e12114 — 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 #e12114 — 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 #e12114: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #e12114 in 7 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Wired's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Doordash's brand system and native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside #e12114, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #e12114: 6 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and Pepsi's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #e12114: 18 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #e12114
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #e12114 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.74:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.43:1 | 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 #e12114 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Lenovosecondary · #e1251b · Δ0.404
- WWEsecondary · #e40707 · Δ1.22
- Lay'saccent · #df2027 · Δ1.284
- Netflixprimary · #e50914 · Δ1.296
- Codecademyaccent · #dc2626 · Δ1.332
- McDonald'ssecondary · #da291c · Δ1.347
- Formula 1secondary · #e10600 · Δ1.362
- Walgreenssecondary · #e62600 · Δ1.423
- JBLsecondary · #df2d00 · Δ1.463
- Vodafoneprimary · #e60000 · Δ1.479
- Vodafoneaccent · #e60000 · Δ1.479
- Toyotasecondary · #e10a1d · Δ1.544
- Nintendosecondary · #e60012 · Δ1.557
- Pinterestsecondary · #dd0e0e · Δ1.599
- Marvelaccent · #e62429 · Δ1.677
- LGsecondary · #ea1917 · Δ1.749
- MAC Cosmeticssecondary · #da1717 · Δ1.824
- Pizza Hutsecondary · #e91c24 · Δ1.883
- Gatoradesecondary · #ea0000 · Δ1.886
- Databrickssecondary · #eb1600 · Δ1.915
- Doordashsecondary · #eb1700 · Δ1.92
- Pinterestprimary · #e40424 · Δ1.977
- Twitchaccent · #eb0400 · Δ1.988
Fonts for this mood
#e12114 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 #e12114 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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