Color
#e44b25
#e44b25rgb(228, 75, 37)hsl(12, 78%, 52%)oklch(0.623 0.196 34.7)Colors that go with #e44b25
Cadet Blue, Charcoal 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #e44b25 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #e44b25: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #e44b25 — 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 #e44b25: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #e44b25 in 7 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Glossier's brand system and Doordash's brand system put Blue beside #e44b25, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #e44b25: 5 real palettes, including NASA's brand system and Walgreens's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #e44b25: 19 real palettes, including Postman's brand system and PlanetScale's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #e44b25
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #e44b25 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 3.94:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.33:1 | 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 #e44b25 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#e44b25 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 #e44b25 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/e44b25-c4a99c-62cbad-2d281f-f1e9ec?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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