Color
#f51814
#f51814rgb(245, 24, 20)hsl(1, 92%, 52%)oklch(0.615 0.244 28.9)Colors that go with #f51814
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 #f51814: 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 #f51814 — 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 #f51814: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #f51814 in 7 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including native Cybersecurity's brand system and Gap's brand system put Blue beside #f51814, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #f51814: 4 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #f51814: 18 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 #f51814: 7 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #f51814
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f51814 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.18:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.02:1 | 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 #f51814 as the background.
Brands using this color
- native Cybersecurityprimary · #fc0404 · Δ1.33
- ElevenLabsprimary · #f41a2f · Δ1.664
- ElevenLabssecondary · #f41a2f · Δ1.664
- Tindersecondary · #ec180e · Δ1.839
- 3Mprimary · #ff0000 · Δ1.879
- Gapsecondary · #ff0000 · Δ1.879
- Heinekenaccent · #ff0000 · Δ1.879
- L'Oréalsecondary · #ff0000 · Δ1.879
- Logitechsecondary · #ff0000 · Δ1.879
- Paddlesecondary · #ff0000 · Δ1.879
- YouTubeprimary · #ff0000 · Δ1.879
- Nikesecondary · #ff0015 · Δ1.903
- Pizza Hutprimary · #ee3124 · Δ1.923
- Verceldanger · #ee0000 · Δ1.938
Fonts for this mood
#f51814 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 #f51814 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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