Ember
Open in tool →Flame orange on charcoal — the sports and energy palette; one accent yellow for stats and highlights.
Color
#b1402f
#b1402f
hex
#b1402frgb
rgb(177, 64, 47)hsl
hsl(8, 58%, 44%)oklch
oklch(0.527 0.151 31.1)Closest name: Barbarossa (#a84734)Relative luminance 0.1322
Colors that go with #b1402f
Royal Blue, 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #b1402f — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #b1402f — 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 #b1402f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #b1402f 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 #b1402f in 6 real palettes, including Ember and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Tim Hortons's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system put Blue beside #b1402f, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #b1402f, as the text colour against it.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #b1402f: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b1402f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.76:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.64:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #b1402f as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#b1402f reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #b1402f
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 #b1402f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/b1402f-c4a69c-62cba6-2d271f-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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