Polaroid
Open in tool →Washed coral, faded aqua and a mustard — the 1970s film look, desaturated so it feels found rather than designed.
Color
#d88f79
#d88f79
hex
#d88f79rgb
rgb(216, 143, 121)hsl
hsl(14, 55%, 66%)oklch
oklch(0.718 0.095 37.5)Closest name: Beauty and the Beach (#c99680)Relative luminance 0.3562
Colors that go with #d88f79
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 #d88f79 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 #d88f79: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #d88f79 in 4 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Maple, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #d88f79 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #d88f79, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #d88f79: 5 real palettes, including Bakery and Bramble, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #d88f79: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #d88f79 in 6 real palettes, including Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #d88f79
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #d88f79 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.58:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.12:1 | 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 #d88f79 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#d88f79 reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #d88f79
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 #d88f79 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/d88f79-c4aa9c-62cbb1-2d291f-f1e9eb?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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