Color
#ef3e49
#ef3e49rgb(239, 62, 73)hsl(356, 85%, 59%)oklch(0.632 0.212 22.7)Colors that go with #ef3e49
Charcoal, Cadet Blue and Amber 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 #ef3e49: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #ef3e49 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #ef3e49 in 4 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and PlanetScale's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
triadicshippedDodger Blue completes a triad with #ef3e49 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold is paired with #ef3e49 in 6 real palettes, including Tequila Sunrise and Streetwear, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shippedMustard Yellow is paired with #ef3e49 in 4 real palettes, including Diner and Crayon Box, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #ef3e49 in 4 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Gallery, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #ef3e49
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ef3e49 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.85:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.46:1 | 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 #ef3e49 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
#ef3e49 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 #ef3e49 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ef3e49-c49e9c-62cb91-2d241f-f1e9ee?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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