Dusk Gradient
Open in tool →Orange and peach on indigo-black with a violet — the last five minutes of a sunset, as a dark mode.
Coral hex code
Coral
#ff7f50
hex
#ff7f50rgb
rgb(255, 127, 80)hsl
hsl(16, 100%, 66%)oklch
oklch(0.735 0.168 40.2)Relative luminance 0.3702
Coral is a mid-tone, highly saturated red — #ff7f50, rgb(255, 127, 80), hue 16° at 100% saturation. The colours that go with coral are Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Deep Sky Blue — each with the reason below, and the real palettes that pair them. It fails AA as text on white (2.5:1) but passes on black at 8.4:1 — a dark-mode colour, or a fill with dark type on it. 1 public brand uses it and 1 curated palette is built around it.
Colors that go with Coral
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Deep Sky 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 Coral: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with Coral — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
complementaryshippedDeep Sky Blue sits directly opposite Coral on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Emerald Green #50c878
triadicshippedEmerald Green completes a triad with Coral — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Coral in 5 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Beach Hut, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside Coral, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with Coral in 4 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Polaroid, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with Coral: 4 real palettes, including Alpine and Paper & Pine, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use Coral
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Coral as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.5:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.4:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with Coral as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
Coral reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Coral
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 #ff7f50 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/ff7f50-c4ab9c-62cbb4-2d291f-f1e9eb?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md