Color
#ed180c
#ed180crgb(237, 24, 12)hsl(3, 90%, 49%)oklch(0.6 0.238 29.5)Colors that go with #ed180c
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Sea Green 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 #ed180c: 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 #ed180c — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #ed180c — 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 #ed180c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ed180c in 7 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Doordash's brand system and native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside #ed180c, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #ed180c: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ed180c: 19 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and ElevenLabs's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #ed180c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ed180c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.43:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.74:1 | 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 #ed180c as the background.
Brands using this color
- Tindersecondary · #ec180e · Δ0.21
- Doordashsecondary · #eb1700 · Δ0.541
- Databrickssecondary · #eb1600 · Δ0.552
- LGsecondary · #ea1917 · Δ0.709
- Verceldanger · #ee0000 · Δ0.807
- native Cybersecuritysecondary · #ec0000 · Δ0.963
- Twitchaccent · #eb0400 · Δ0.985
- Wiredsecondary · #eb0000 · Δ1.092
- Gatoradesecondary · #ea0000 · Δ1.242
- Pizza Hutsecondary · #e91c24 · Δ1.336
- Walgreenssecondary · #e62600 · Δ1.577
- Mattelsecondary · #ee0024 · Δ1.725
- Marvelaccent · #e62429 · Δ1.842
- Vodafoneprimary · #e60000 · Δ1.945
- Vodafoneaccent · #e60000 · Δ1.945
Fonts for this mood
#ed180c 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 #ed180c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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