Color
#e6281e
#e6281ergb(230, 40, 30)hsl(3, 80%, 51%)oklch(0.596 0.224 29.1)Colors that go with #e6281e
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 #e6281e: 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 #e6281e — 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 #e6281e — 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 #e6281e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #e6281e in 5 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including native Cybersecurity's brand system and Gap's brand system put Blue beside #e6281e, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #e6281e: 15 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and ElevenLabs's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #e6281e: 5 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Replit's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #e6281e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #e6281e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.48:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.69:1 | 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 #e6281e as the background.
Brands using this color
- Marvelaccent · #e62429 · Δ0.956
- LGsecondary · #ea1917 · Δ1.096
- Lenovosecondary · #e1251b · Δ1.13
- Tindersecondary · #ec180e · Δ1.361
- Databrickssecondary · #eb1600 · Δ1.451
- Twitchaccent · #eb0400 · Δ1.855
- Netflixprimary · #e50914 · Δ1.881
- Wiredsecondary · #eb0000 · Δ1.945
- Lay'saccent · #df2027 · Δ1.951
- native Cybersecuritysecondary · #ec0000 · Δ1.976
Fonts for this mood
#e6281e 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 #e6281e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/e6281e-c4a39c-62cb9d-2d261f-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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