Color
#ec4160
#ec4160rgb(236, 65, 96)hsl(349, 82%, 59%)oklch(0.634 0.206 15.3)Colors that go with #ec4160
Charcoal, Dodger Blue and Cadet 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 #ec4160: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
triadicshippedDodger Blue completes a triad with #ec4160 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #ec4160 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ec4160 in 5 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Heatwave, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside #ec4160, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ec4160: 15 real palettes, including ElevenLabs's brand system and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the accent.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #ec4160 in 8 real palettes, including Tequila Sunrise and Tabloid, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #ec4160, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #ec4160
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ec4160 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 3.82:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.49:1 | 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 #ec4160 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#ec4160 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 #ec4160 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ec4160-c49c9f-62cb85-2d231f-f1e9ee?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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