Resort
Open in tool →Terracotta, eucalyptus and sand — a sun-washed palette that feels like linen.
Terracotta hex code
Terracotta
#e2725b
hex
#e2725brgb
rgb(226, 114, 91)hsl
hsl(10, 70%, 62%)oklch
oklch(0.677 0.144 32.9)Relative luminance 0.2896
Terracotta is a mid-tone, moderately saturated red — #e2725b, rgb(226, 114, 91), hue 10° at 70% saturation. The colours that go with terracotta are Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Amber — each with the reason below, and the real palettes that pair them. It fails AA as text on white (3.09:1) but passes on black at 6.79:1 — a dark-mode colour, or a fill with dark type on it. 2 curated palettes are built around it.
Colors that go with Terracotta
Cadet Blue, Charcoal 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite Terracotta 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 Terracotta: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside Terracotta, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with Terracotta in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Polaroid, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside Terracotta, as that palette's text colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with Terracotta: 4 real palettes, including Cobalt Pop and Tide's brand system, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of Terracotta: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use Terracotta
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Terracotta as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.09:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.79:1 | 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 Terracotta as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
Terracotta reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Terracotta
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 #e2725b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/e2725b-c4a79c-62cbaa-2d281f-f1e9ec?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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