Color
#ef256b
#ef256brgb(239, 37, 107)hsl(339, 86%, 54%)oklch(0.622 0.232 8.3)Colors that go with #ef256b
Charcoal, Dodger Blue and 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 #ef256b: 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 #ef256b — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside #ef256b, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ef256b: 11 real palettes, including ElevenLabs's brand system and Maybelline's brand system, as the accent.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #ef256b in 7 real palettes, including Tabloid and Tequila Sunrise, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Nintendo's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #ef256b, as the supporting colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Diner and Lay's's brand system put Mustard Yellow beside #ef256b, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #ef256b in 11 real palettes, including Ubisoft's brand system and Roblox's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #ef256b
Tints & shades
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Contrast
| #ef256b 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 #ef256b 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
#ef256b 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 #ef256b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ef256b-c49ca5-62cb74-2d211f-f1e9f0?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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