#ef2e45 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	4.08:1	fail	pass	fail	AA: use #e8112b as the text (4.62:1) AAA: use #af0d20 as the text (7.24:1) AA: or shift the background to #141414 (4.52:1)
Aaon black	5.15:1	pass	pass	fail	AAA: use #f46778 as the text (7.06:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #ef2e45 as the background.

Brands using this color

Wiseprimary · #f4243b · Δ1.302

Palettes built around it

e63946 457b9d f4a261 fff4e0 23201c

Retro Pop

Open in tool →

Fifties-diner red and steel blue with a peach — nostalgic pop that still passes contrast.

Playful Bold Warm

Fonts for this mood

#ef2e45 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Warm fonts →Playful fonts →Bold fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #ef2e45

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #ef2e45 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/ef2e45-c49c9c-62cb8c-2d241f-f1e9ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md