Color
#ea1e1a
#ea1e1argb(234, 30, 26)hsl(1, 83%, 51%)oklch(0.598 0.232 28.6)Colors that go with #ea1e1a
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 #ea1e1a: 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 #ea1e1a — 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 #ea1e1a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ea1e1a in 5 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Heatwave, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #ea1e1a in 8 real palettes, including native Cybersecurity's brand system and Gap's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #ea1e1a in 15 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and ElevenLabs's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDodger Blue is paired with #ea1e1a in 5 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Replit's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold is paired with #ea1e1a in 8 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Tequila Sunrise, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #ea1e1a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ea1e1a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.47:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.7:1 | 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 #ea1e1a as the background.
Brands using this color
- LGsecondary · #ea1917 · Δ0.311
- Tindersecondary · #ec180e · Δ0.574
- Databrickssecondary · #eb1600 · Δ0.866
- Marvelaccent · #e62429 · Δ1.123
- Twitchaccent · #eb0400 · Δ1.184
- native Cybersecuritysecondary · #ec0000 · Δ1.241
- Wiredsecondary · #eb0000 · Δ1.273
- Verceldanger · #ee0000 · Δ1.276
- Mattelsecondary · #ee0024 · Δ1.614
- Netflixprimary · #e50914 · Δ1.668
- Lenovosecondary · #e1251b · Δ1.712
- Nintendosecondary · #e60012 · Δ1.742
- WWEsecondary · #e40707 · Δ1.934
Fonts for this mood
#ea1e1a 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 #ea1e1a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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