Streetwear
Open in tool →Black, white, red, yellow — drop-culture signal colors, unmissable at thumbnail size.
Color
#ff2e3c
#ff2e3c
hex
#ff2e3crgb
rgb(255, 46, 60)hsl
hsl(356, 100%, 59%)oklch
oklch(0.647 0.239 24.5)Closest name: Blood Burst (#ff474c)Relative luminance 0.2354
Colors that go with #ff2e3c
Charcoal, Steel Blue and Cadet 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 #ff2e3c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #ff2e3c: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #ff2e3c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ff2e3c in 5 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Heatwave, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Doordash's brand system and Gap's brand system put Blue beside #ff2e3c, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #ff2e3c: 5 real palettes, including NASA's brand system and Tide's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ff2e3c: 14 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 #ff2e3c: 7 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ff2e3c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.68:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.71:1 | 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 #ff2e3c as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#ff2e3c reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #ff2e3c
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #ff2e3c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/ff2e3c-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.
Machine-readable: color.md