Color
#ec0423
#ec0423rgb(236, 4, 35)hsl(352, 97%, 47%)oklch(0.595 0.24 25.9)Colors that go with #ec0423
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 #ec0423: 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 #ec0423 — 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 #ec0423: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ec0423 in 7 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including native Cybersecurity's brand system and Doordash's brand system put Blue beside #ec0423, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #ec0423: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ec0423: 18 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and ElevenLabs's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #ec0423: 6 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #ec0423
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ec0423 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.56:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.61:1 | 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 #ec0423 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Mattelsecondary · #ee0024 · Δ0.396
- Pringlessecondary · #ea002a · Δ0.744
- Pizza Hutsecondary · #e91c24 · Δ1.001
- Formula 1accent · #e8002d · Δ1.212
- LGsecondary · #ea1917 · Δ1.269
- Pinterestaccent · #e60023 · Δ1.282
- AliExpresssecondary · #ea0934 · Δ1.42
- native Cybersecuritysecondary · #ec0000 · Δ1.457
- Wiredsecondary · #eb0000 · Δ1.485
- Verceldanger · #ee0000 · Δ1.487
- Twitchaccent · #eb0400 · Δ1.515
- Gatoradesecondary · #ea0000 · Δ1.541
- Tindersecondary · #ec180e · Δ1.551
- Nintendosecondary · #e60012 · Δ1.578
- Marvelaccent · #e62429 · Δ1.603
- Pinterestprimary · #e40424 · Δ1.642
- Netflixprimary · #e50914 · Δ1.67
- KFCprimary · #e4002b · Δ1.826
- KFCsecondary · #e4002b · Δ1.826
- NASCARsecondary · #e4002b · Δ1.826
- Databrickssecondary · #eb1600 · Δ1.83
- Doordashsecondary · #eb1700 · Δ1.864
- Vodafoneprimary · #e60000 · Δ1.971
- Vodafoneaccent · #e60000 · Δ1.971
Fonts for this mood
#ec0423 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 #ec0423 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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