Color
#e5330b
#e5330brgb(229, 51, 11)hsl(11, 91%, 47%)oklch(0.601 0.218 32.8)Colors that go with #e5330b
Charcoal, Sea Green 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 #e5330b: 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 #e5330b — 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 #e5330b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #e5330b in 7 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Wired's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Doordash's brand system and native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside #e5330b, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #e5330b: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #e5330b: 19 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #e5330b: 7 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #e5330b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #e5330b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.37:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.81:1 | 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 #e5330b as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#e5330b 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 #e5330b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/e5330b-c4a89c-62cbab-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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