Color
#e52a2a
#e52a2argb(229, 42, 42)hsl(0, 78%, 53%)oklch(0.596 0.22 27.2)Colors that go with #e52a2a
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 #e52a2a: 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 #e52a2a — 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 #e52a2a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #e52a2a 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 #e52a2a, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #e52a2a: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #e52a2a: 19 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and Costco's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #e52a2a: 6 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #e52a2a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #e52a2a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.47:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.7:1 | 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 #e52a2a as the background.
Brands using this color
- Marvelaccent · #e62429 · Δ0.503
- Pepsisecondary · #e32934 · Δ1.019
- Pizza Hutsecondary · #e91c24 · Δ1.104
- Lenovosecondary · #e1251b · Δ1.373
- LGsecondary · #ea1917 · Δ1.504
- Lay'saccent · #df2027 · Δ1.705
- Tindersecondary · #ec180e · Δ1.885
- Walgreenssecondary · #e62600 · Δ1.898
- Codecademyaccent · #dc2626 · Δ1.98
Fonts for this mood
#e52a2a 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 #e52a2a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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