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Color
#e71d4c
#e71d4c
hex
#e71d4crgb
rgb(231, 29, 76)hsl
hsl(346, 81%, 51%)oklch
oklch(0.597 0.227 16.9)Closest name: Anarchist (#db304a)Relative luminance 0.1839
Colors that go with #e71d4c
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 #e71d4c: 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 #e71d4c — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #e71d4c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #e71d4c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #e71d4c in 5 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Maple, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including native Cybersecurity's brand system and Doordash's brand system put Blue beside #e71d4c, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #e71d4c: 15 real palettes, including ElevenLabs's brand system and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #e71d4c: 5 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Figma's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #e71d4c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #e71d4c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.49:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.68:1 | 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 #e71d4c as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Gemstone
Open in tool →Emerald, amethyst and ruby on velvet-black — the jewel-tone trio; the surface must be dark or the stones go plastic.
Fonts for this mood
#e71d4c reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #e71d4c
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #e71d4c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/e71d4c-c49ca1-62cb80-2d221f-f1e9ef?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md