Color
#e22e28
#e22e28rgb(226, 46, 40)hsl(2, 76%, 52%)oklch(0.593 0.215 28.1)Colors that go with #e22e28
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Steel Blue 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 #e22e28: 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 #e22e28 — 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 #e22e28: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #e22e28 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 #e22e28, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #e22e28: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #e22e28: 19 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #e22e28: 6 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #e22e28
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #e22e28 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.51:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.66:1 | 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 #e22e28 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Marvelaccent · #e62429 · Δ1.079
- Lenovosecondary · #e1251b · Δ1.095
- Pepsisecondary · #e32934 · Δ1.315
- Lay'saccent · #df2027 · Δ1.616
- Codecademyaccent · #dc2626 · Δ1.646
- Pizza Hutsecondary · #e91c24 · Δ1.675
- Walgreenssecondary · #e62600 · Δ1.785
- Hyundaisecondary · #e63312 · Δ1.816
- LGsecondary · #ea1917 · Δ1.911
- McDonald'ssecondary · #da291c · Δ1.965
- JBLsecondary · #df2d00 · Δ1.971
Fonts for this mood
#e22e28 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 #e22e28 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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