Color

#e2551d

#e2551d
hex#e2551d
rgbrgb(226, 85, 29)
hslhsl(17, 77%, 50%)
oklchoklch(0.63 0.187 39.2)
Closest name: Baptism by Fire (#e6490b)Relative luminance 0.2275

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#1daae2

#e21d48 · #e2b71d

#1de255 · #551de2

Split-complementary

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#1de2b7 · #1d48e2

#48e21d · #1daae2 · #b71de2

Contrast

#e2551d as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.78:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #cb4c1a as the text (4.58:1)
  • AAA: use #993a14 as the text (7.07:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #1c1c1c (4.5:1)
Aaon black
5.55:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #e8774a as the text (7.17:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #e2551d as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#e2551d reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #e2551d
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #e2551d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/e2551d-c4ac9c-62cbb6-2d291f-f1e9eb?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md