Named color
Apple Cherry
#f81404rgb(248, 20, 4)hsl(4, 97%, 49%)oklch(0.619 0.248 29.7)Apple Cherry 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 9 public brands that use it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with Apple Cherry
Charcoal, Sea Green 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 Apple Cherry: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with Apple Cherry — 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 Apple Cherry: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Apple Cherry in 7 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including native Cybersecurity's brand system and Gap's brand system put Blue beside Apple Cherry, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with Apple Cherry: 4 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with Apple Cherry: 17 real palettes, including L'Oréal's brand system and YouTube's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with Apple Cherry: 7 real palettes, including Databricks's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use Apple Cherry
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Apple Cherry as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.12:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.09:1 | 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 Apple Cherry as the background.
Brands using this color
- native Cybersecurityprimary · #fc0404 · Δ0.8
- 3Mprimary · #ff0000 · Δ1.316
- Gapsecondary · #ff0000 · Δ1.316
- Heinekenaccent · #ff0000 · Δ1.316
- L'Oréalsecondary · #ff0000 · Δ1.316
- Logitechsecondary · #ff0000 · Δ1.316
- Paddlesecondary · #ff0000 · Δ1.316
- YouTubeprimary · #ff0000 · Δ1.316
- Nikesecondary · #ff0015 · Δ1.521
Fonts for this mood
Apple Cherry 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 #f81404 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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