Color
#e42301
#e42301rgb(228, 35, 1)hsl(9, 99%, 45%)oklch(0.588 0.226 31.4)Colors that go with #e42301
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 #e42301: 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 #e42301 — 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 #e42301 — 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 #e42301: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #e42301 in 5 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Doordash's brand system and native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside #e42301, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #e42301: 15 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and State Farm's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #e42301: 5 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Replit's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #e42301
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #e42301 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.63:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.54:1 | 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 #e42301 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Lenovosecondary · #e1251b · Δ1.06
- Doordashsecondary · #eb1700 · Δ1.384
- Databrickssecondary · #eb1600 · Δ1.4
- LGsecondary · #ea1917 · Δ1.558
- WWEsecondary · #e40707 · Δ1.603
- Vodafoneaccent · #e60000 · Δ1.65
- Tindersecondary · #ec180e · Δ1.671
- Netflixprimary · #e50914 · Δ1.739
- Twitchaccent · #eb0400 · Δ1.739
- Gatoradesecondary · #ea0000 · Δ1.742
- Wiredsecondary · #eb0000 · Δ1.822
- Formula 1secondary · #e10600 · Δ1.869
- native Cybersecuritysecondary · #ec0000 · Δ1.922
- Nintendosecondary · #e60012 · Δ1.928
- Marvelaccent · #e62429 · Δ1.952
Fonts for this mood
#e42301 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 #e42301 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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