Color
#e54848
#e54848rgb(229, 72, 72)hsl(0, 75%, 59%)oklch(0.625 0.194 24.7)Colors that go with #e54848
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Amber 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 #e54848 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 #e54848: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #e54848 in 5 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and PlanetScale's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold is paired with #e54848 in 6 real palettes, including Tequila Sunrise and Streetwear, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #e54848 in 4 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and Trailhead, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shippedMustard Yellow is paired with #e54848 in 4 real palettes, including Diner and Crayon Box, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #e54848 in 6 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Gallery, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #e54848
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #e54848 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.92:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.35:1 | 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 #e54848 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#e54848 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 #e54848 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/e54848-c4a19c-62cb98-2d251f-f1e9ed?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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