Color
#e82d26
#e82d26rgb(232, 45, 38)hsl(2, 81%, 53%)oklch(0.603 0.222 28.4)Colors that go with #e82d26
Charcoal, Royal Blue 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 #e82d26: 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 #e82d26 — 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 #e82d26: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #e82d26 in 7 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Google'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 #e82d26, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #e82d26: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #e82d26: 19 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and ElevenLabs's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #e82d26: 7 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #e82d26
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #e82d26 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.34:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.83:1 | 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 #e82d26 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Marvelaccent · #e62429 · Δ1.14
- Pizza Hutsecondary · #e91c24 · Δ1.359
- Pizza Hutprimary · #ee3124 · Δ1.404
- LGsecondary · #ea1917 · Δ1.485
- Hyundaisecondary · #e63312 · Δ1.494
- Tindersecondary · #ec180e · Δ1.643
- Walgreenssecondary · #e62600 · Δ1.695
- Pepsisecondary · #e32934 · Δ1.774
- Lenovosecondary · #e1251b · Δ1.858
- Doordashsecondary · #eb1700 · Δ1.862
- Databrickssecondary · #eb1600 · Δ1.892
Fonts for this mood
#e82d26 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 #e82d26 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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