Color
#e12309
#e12309rgb(225, 35, 9)hsl(7, 92%, 46%)oklch(0.583 0.223 30.8)Colors that go with #e12309
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 #e12309: 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 #e12309 — 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 #e12309 — 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 #e12309: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #e12309 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 #e12309, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #e12309: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #e12309: 18 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #e12309
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #e12309 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.72:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.45:1 | 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 #e12309 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Lenovosecondary · #e1251b · Δ0.716
- JBLsecondary · #df2d00 · Δ1.054
- Walgreenssecondary · #e62600 · Δ1.158
- WWEsecondary · #e40707 · Δ1.445
- McDonald'ssecondary · #da291c · Δ1.447
- Formula 1secondary · #e10600 · Δ1.53
- Netflixprimary · #e50914 · Δ1.625
- Vodafoneprimary · #e60000 · Δ1.642
- Vodafoneaccent · #e60000 · Δ1.642
- Codecademyaccent · #dc2626 · Δ1.683
- Lay'saccent · #df2027 · Δ1.746
- Pinterestsecondary · #dd0e0e · Δ1.829
- Nintendosecondary · #e60012 · Δ1.86
- Doordashsecondary · #eb1700 · Δ1.892
- Databrickssecondary · #eb1600 · Δ1.896
- LGsecondary · #ea1917 · Δ1.898
- Toyotasecondary · #e10a1d · Δ1.965
- Gatoradesecondary · #ea0000 · Δ1.998
- Marvelaccent · #e62429 · Δ1.998
Fonts for this mood
#e12309 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 #e12309 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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