Color
#ec1325
#ec1325rgb(236, 19, 37)hsl(355, 85%, 50%)oklch(0.598 0.237 26.2)Colors that go with #ec1325
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 #ec1325: 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 #ec1325 — 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 #ec1325: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ec1325 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 #ec1325, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #ec1325: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ec1325: 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 #ec1325: 6 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #ec1325
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ec1325 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.48:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.69:1 | 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 #ec1325 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Mattelsecondary · #ee0024 · Δ0.62
- Pizza Hutsecondary · #e91c24 · Δ0.672
- LGsecondary · #ea1917 · Δ1.047
- Pringlessecondary · #ea002a · Δ1.072
- Marvelaccent · #e62429 · Δ1.291
- Tindersecondary · #ec180e · Δ1.327
- Formula 1accent · #e8002d · Δ1.499
- Verceldanger · #ee0000 · Δ1.509
- native Cybersecuritysecondary · #ec0000 · Δ1.533
- AliExpresssecondary · #ea0934 · Δ1.551
- Twitchaccent · #eb0400 · Δ1.574
- Wiredsecondary · #eb0000 · Δ1.585
- Pinterestaccent · #e60023 · Δ1.586
- Gatoradesecondary · #ea0000 · Δ1.662
- Databrickssecondary · #eb1600 · Δ1.687
- Doordashsecondary · #eb1700 · Δ1.707
- Nintendosecondary · #e60012 · Δ1.807
- Netflixprimary · #e50914 · Δ1.834
- ElevenLabsprimary · #f41a2f · Δ1.891
- ElevenLabssecondary · #f41a2f · Δ1.891
- Pinterestprimary · #e40424 · Δ1.899
Fonts for this mood
#ec1325 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 #ec1325 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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