Color
#ef8a99
#ef8a99rgb(239, 138, 153)hsl(351, 76%, 74%)oklch(0.745 0.124 11)Colors that go with #ef8a99
Charcoal, Dark Turquoise and Crimson 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 #ef8a99: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dark Turquoise #00ced1
complementaryshippedDark Turquoise sits directly opposite #ef8a99 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ef8a99 in 4 real palettes, including Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Lavender Haze put Midnight Blue beside #ef8a99, as the accent.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Meadow and Lido put Mustard Yellow beside #ef8a99, as the supporting colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #ef8a99: 5 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the supporting colour.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
shippedSky Blue is paired with #ef8a99 in 4 real palettes, including Pastel Pop and Raycast's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #ef8a99
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ef8a99 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.4:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.77:1 | 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 #ef8a99 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#ef8a99 reads as warm, vivid, light. 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 #ef8a99 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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