Color
#ef011d
#ef011drgb(239, 1, 29)hsl(353, 99%, 47%)oklch(0.599 0.244 26.8)Colors that go with #ef011d
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 #ef011d: 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 #ef011d — 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 #ef011d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ef011d 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 #ef011d, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #ef011d: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ef011d: 18 real palettes, including ElevenLabs's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #ef011d: 6 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #ef011d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ef011d 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 #ef011d as the background.
Brands using this color
- Mattelsecondary · #ee0024 · Δ0.511
- Verceldanger · #ee0000 · Δ1.108
- LGsecondary · #ea1917 · Δ1.262
- native Cybersecuritysecondary · #ec0000 · Δ1.266
- Pizza Hutsecondary · #e91c24 · Δ1.288
- Tindersecondary · #ec180e · Δ1.302
- Wiredsecondary · #eb0000 · Δ1.385
- Pringlessecondary · #ea002a · Δ1.391
- Twitchaccent · #eb0400 · Δ1.394
- Gatoradesecondary · #ea0000 · Δ1.522
- Databrickssecondary · #eb1600 · Δ1.626
- Doordashsecondary · #eb1700 · Δ1.656
- ElevenLabsprimary · #f41a2f · Δ1.865
- ElevenLabssecondary · #f41a2f · Δ1.865
- Formula 1accent · #e8002d · Δ1.873
- Pinterestaccent · #e60023 · Δ1.898
- Nintendosecondary · #e60012 · Δ1.941
- Marvelaccent · #e62429 · Δ1.965
- AliExpresssecondary · #ea0934 · Δ1.967
Fonts for this mood
#ef011d 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 #ef011d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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