Color
#e71a13
#e71a13rgb(231, 26, 19)hsl(2, 85%, 49%)oklch(0.59 0.232 29.1)Colors that go with #e71a13
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 #e71a13: 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 #e71a13 — 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 #e71a13 — 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 #e71a13: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #e71a13 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 #e71a13, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #e71a13: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #e71a13: 18 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #e71a13
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #e71a13 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.61:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.55:1 | 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 #e71a13 as the background.
Brands using this color
- LGsecondary · #ea1917 · Δ0.63
- Databrickssecondary · #eb1600 · Δ0.901
- Doordashsecondary · #eb1700 · Δ0.917
- Twitchaccent · #eb0400 · Δ0.983
- Gatoradesecondary · #ea0000 · Δ0.984
- Tindersecondary · #ec180e · Δ0.985
- Netflixprimary · #e50914 · Δ1.024
- Pizza Hutsecondary · #e91c24 · Δ1.04
- Wiredsecondary · #eb0000 · Δ1.047
- Vodafoneprimary · #e60000 · Δ1.139
- Vodafoneaccent · #e60000 · Δ1.139
- native Cybersecuritysecondary · #ec0000 · Δ1.144
- Nintendosecondary · #e60012 · Δ1.157
- Lenovosecondary · #e1251b · Δ1.19
- WWEsecondary · #e40707 · Δ1.193
- Walgreenssecondary · #e62600 · Δ1.224
- Marvelaccent · #e62429 · Δ1.267
- Verceldanger · #ee0000 · Δ1.409
- Pinterestaccent · #e60023 · Δ1.703
- Formula 1secondary · #e10600 · Δ1.771
- Toyotasecondary · #e10a1d · Δ1.815
- Pinterestprimary · #e40424 · Δ1.83
- Lay'saccent · #df2027 · Δ1.846
- Mattelsecondary · #ee0024 · Δ1.943
Fonts for this mood
#e71a13 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 #e71a13 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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