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Mastercard

Reference value (#EB001B), not official Mastercard brand guidelines. Confirm against their materials before shipping in their identity.

The widely cited anchor color for Mastercard is #EB001B — a mid-tone red tone in the Finance & payments sector. It passes AA body text on white at 4.62:1; on dark grounds it passes AA body text on black at 4.55:1.

Use it as a seed, not a rule: open it in the generator to derive scales, accessible text steps, and themes in the same family, and confirm the current value against Mastercard's own materials before shipping anything in their identity. Sector neighbors like Coinbase, PayPal, Wise make useful comparisons when positioning against competitors.

Sector: Finance & payments

Values in every format

HEX
#eb001b
RGB
rgb(235, 0, 27)
HSL
hsl(353, 100%, 46%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.591 0.241 26.9)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 100%, 88.5%, 7.8%)

Scale derived from the anchor

  1. 50#fff5f3
  2. 100#ffe7e4
  3. 200#ffd3cd
  4. 300#ffb7ae
  5. 400#ff8d82
  6. 500#ff574f
  7. 600 ★#eb001b
  8. 700#c60015
  9. 800#9e000e
  10. 900#7a0008
  11. 950#4f0003

Measured contrast

on white4.62:1 · AA normal ✓
on black4.55:1 · AA normal ✓