CSS color
indianred
#cd5c5crgb(205, 92, 92)hsl(0, 53%, 58%)oklch(0.615 0.144 22.2)Indianred on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the curated palettes it appears in and any public brand that adopts it.
Colors that go with indianred
Cadet Blue, Charcoal 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite indianred on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for indianred: 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 indianred: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with indianred in 8 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside indianred, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with indianred in 4 real palettes, including Gemstone and Klarna US's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including LG's brand system and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside indianred, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with indianred: 6 real palettes, including NASA's brand system and Walgreens's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use indianred
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| indianred as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.98:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.28:1 | 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 indianred 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
indianred reads as warm. 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 #cd5c5c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cd5c5c-c4a19c-62cb98-2d251f-f1e9ed?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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