Color
#e41b21
#e41b21rgb(228, 27, 33)hsl(358, 79%, 50%)oklch(0.586 0.228 27.2)Colors that go with #e41b21
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 #e41b21: 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 #e41b21 — 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 #e41b21: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #e41b21 in 7 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including native Cybersecurity's brand system and Doordash's brand system put Blue beside #e41b21, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #e41b21: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #e41b21: 18 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and Costco's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #e41b21: 6 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #e41b21
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #e41b21 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.69:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.48:1 | 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 #e41b21 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Netflixprimary · #e50914 · Δ0.88
- Marvelaccent · #e62429 · Δ0.945
- Lay'saccent · #df2027 · Δ0.995
- Lenovosecondary · #e1251b · Δ1.014
- Pizza Hutsecondary · #e91c24 · Δ1.057
- Nintendosecondary · #e60012 · Δ1.094
- Pinterestprimary · #e40424 · Δ1.133
- Pinterestaccent · #e60023 · Δ1.15
- Toyotasecondary · #e10a1d · Δ1.174
- WWEsecondary · #e40707 · Δ1.245
- LGsecondary · #ea1917 · Δ1.287
- Vodafoneprimary · #e60000 · Δ1.417
- Vodafoneaccent · #e60000 · Δ1.417
- Codecademyaccent · #dc2626 · Δ1.537
- Pepsisecondary · #e32934 · Δ1.552
- Gatoradesecondary · #ea0000 · Δ1.611
- KFCprimary · #e4002b · Δ1.615
- KFCsecondary · #e4002b · Δ1.615
- NASCARsecondary · #e4002b · Δ1.615
- Pringlessecondary · #ea002a · Δ1.68
- Formula 1secondary · #e10600 · Δ1.69
- Twitchaccent · #eb0400 · Δ1.708
- Wiredsecondary · #eb0000 · Δ1.718
- Formula 1accent · #e8002d · Δ1.722
- Tindersecondary · #ec180e · Δ1.785
- Databrickssecondary · #eb1600 · Δ1.818
- Doordashsecondary · #eb1700 · Δ1.837
- native Cybersecuritysecondary · #ec0000 · Δ1.842
- Walgreensprimary · #e31836 · Δ1.885
- Walgreenssecondary · #e62600 · Δ1.943
- Pinterestsecondary · #dd0e0e · Δ1.957
- Costcoprimary · #e31837 · Δ1.985
Fonts for this mood
#e41b21 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 #e41b21 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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