Color
#ef281a
#ef281argb(239, 40, 26)hsl(4, 87%, 52%)oklch(0.612 0.232 29.6)Colors that go with #ef281a
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 #ef281a: 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 #ef281a — 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 #ef281a — 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 #ef281a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ef281a 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 #ef281a, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #ef281a: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ef281a: 18 real palettes, including ElevenLabs's brand system and L'Oréal's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #ef281a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ef281a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.21:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.99:1 | 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 #ef281a as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#ef281a 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 #ef281a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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