Color
#ef252c
#ef252crgb(239, 37, 44)hsl(358, 86%, 54%)oklch(0.612 0.232 26.4)Colors that go with #ef252c
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 #ef252c: 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 #ef252c — 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 #ef252c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ef252c in 7 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Google'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 #ef252c, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #ef252c: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ef252c: 19 real palettes, including ElevenLabs's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #ef252c: 7 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #ef252c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ef252c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.22:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.97:1 | 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 #ef252c as the background.
Brands using this color
- ElevenLabsprimary · #f41a2f · Δ1.132
- ElevenLabssecondary · #f41a2f · Δ1.132
- Pizza Hutprimary · #ee3124 · Δ1.432
- Pizza Hutsecondary · #e91c24 · Δ1.6
- Wiseprimary · #f4243b · Δ1.682
- Mattelsecondary · #ee0024 · Δ1.803
- Marvelaccent · #e62429 · Δ1.85
- LGsecondary · #ea1917 · Δ1.852
- Tindersecondary · #ec180e · Δ1.866
Fonts for this mood
#ef252c 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 #ef252c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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