Color
#ec3818
#ec3818rgb(236, 56, 24)hsl(9, 85%, 51%)oklch(0.617 0.22 32.2)Colors that go with #ec3818
Charcoal, Sea Green 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 #ec3818: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #ec3818 — 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 #ec3818: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ec3818 in 7 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Wired's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Doordash's brand system and Glossier's brand system put Blue beside #ec3818, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #ec3818: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ec3818: 17 real palettes, including ElevenLabs's brand system and Postman's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #ec3818: 7 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Databricks's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #ec3818
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ec3818 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.08:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.15:1 | 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 #ec3818 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#ec3818 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 #ec3818 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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