Color
#f21826
#f21826rgb(242, 24, 38)hsl(356, 89%, 52%)oklch(0.611 0.24 26.5)Colors that go with #f21826
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 #f21826: 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 #f21826 — 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 #f21826: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #f21826 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 #f21826, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #f21826: 5 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #f21826: 19 real palettes, including ElevenLabs's brand system and L'Oréal's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #f21826: 7 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #f21826
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f21826 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.26:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.93:1 | 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 #f21826 as the background.
Brands using this color
- ElevenLabsprimary · #f41a2f · Δ0.798
- ElevenLabssecondary · #f41a2f · Δ0.798
- Mattelsecondary · #ee0024 · Δ1.393
- Pizza Hutsecondary · #e91c24 · Δ1.763
- Tindersecondary · #ec180e · Δ1.766
- Wiseprimary · #f4243b · Δ1.8
- LGsecondary · #ea1917 · Δ1.858
- Verceldanger · #ee0000 · Δ1.94
- Pizza Hutprimary · #ee3124 · Δ1.998
Fonts for this mood
#f21826 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 #f21826 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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