Color
#e31d16
#e31d16rgb(227, 29, 22)hsl(2, 82%, 49%)oklch(0.584 0.227 29)Colors that go with #e31d16
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 #e31d16: 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 #e31d16 — 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 #e31d16 — 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 #e31d16: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #e31d16 in 7 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Doordash's brand system and native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside #e31d16, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #e31d16: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #e31d16: 18 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #e31d16
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #e31d16 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 #e31d16 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Lenovosecondary · #e1251b · Δ0.599
- Netflixprimary · #e50914 · Δ0.92
- WWEsecondary · #e40707 · Δ0.973
- Nintendosecondary · #e60012 · Δ1.176
- Vodafoneprimary · #e60000 · Δ1.18
- Vodafoneaccent · #e60000 · Δ1.18
- Lay'saccent · #df2027 · Δ1.254
- Formula 1secondary · #e10600 · Δ1.327
- Toyotasecondary · #e10a1d · Δ1.358
- LGsecondary · #ea1917 · Δ1.361
- Marvelaccent · #e62429 · Δ1.395
- Walgreenssecondary · #e62600 · Δ1.431
- Pizza Hutsecondary · #e91c24 · Δ1.488
- Gatoradesecondary · #ea0000 · Δ1.507
- Codecademyaccent · #dc2626 · Δ1.524
- Databrickssecondary · #eb1600 · Δ1.611
- Twitchaccent · #eb0400 · Δ1.612
- Doordashsecondary · #eb1700 · Δ1.624
- Wiredsecondary · #eb0000 · Δ1.644
- Pinterestprimary · #e40424 · Δ1.65
- Pinterestaccent · #e60023 · Δ1.691
- Pinterestsecondary · #dd0e0e · Δ1.699
- McDonald'ssecondary · #da291c · Δ1.741
- Tindersecondary · #ec180e · Δ1.745
- native Cybersecuritysecondary · #ec0000 · Δ1.793
- JBLsecondary · #df2d00 · Δ1.829
Fonts for this mood
#e31d16 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 #e31d16 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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