Color
#ea542e
#ea542ergb(234, 84, 46)hsl(12, 82%, 55%)oklch(0.643 0.193 35.1)Colors that go with #ea542e
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 #ea542e 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 #ea542e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #ea542e in 7 real palettes, including Glossier's brand system and Readymag's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #ea542e in 6 real palettes, including Postman's brand system and PlanetScale's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDodger Blue is paired with #ea542e in 4 real palettes, including Figma's brand system and Replit's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold is paired with #ea542e in 7 real palettes, including Streetwear and Night Market, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #ea542e in 4 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #ea542e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ea542e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 3.62:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.81:1 | 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 #ea542e as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#ea542e 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 #ea542e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ea542e-c4a99c-62cbad-2d281f-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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