Color
#ec042a
#ec042argb(236, 4, 42)hsl(350, 97%, 47%)oklch(0.595 0.24 24.6)Colors that go with #ec042a
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 #ec042a: 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 #ec042a — 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 #ec042a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ec042a 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 #ec042a, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ec042a: 14 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and ElevenLabs's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #ec042a: 5 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Figma's brand system, as the accent.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #ec042a in 8 real palettes, including Lay's's brand system and Tabloid, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ec042a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ec042a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.55:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.62:1 | 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 #ec042a as the background.
Brands using this color
- Mattelsecondary · #ee0024 · Δ0.562
- Formula 1accent · #e8002d · Δ0.927
- Pinterestaccent · #e60023 · Δ1.367
- NASCARsecondary · #e4002b · Δ1.699
- Pinterestprimary · #e40424 · Δ1.7
- LGsecondary · #ea1917 · Δ1.718
- Marvelaccent · #e62429 · Δ1.731
- Nintendosecondary · #e60012 · Δ1.935
- native Cybersecuritysecondary · #ec0000 · Δ1.983
- Verceldanger · #ee0000 · Δ2
Fonts for this mood
#ec042a 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 #ec042a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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