Color
#ef8f80
#ef8f80rgb(239, 143, 128)hsl(8, 78%, 72%)oklch(0.747 0.119 29.7)Colors that go with #ef8f80
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Emerald Green 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.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #ef8f80 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Emerald Green #50c878
triadicshippedEmerald Green completes a triad with #ef8f80 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Turquoise #00ced1
complementaryshippedDark Turquoise sits directly opposite #ef8f80 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 #ef8f80 in 4 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Ahrefs's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #ef8f80 in 4 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Polaroid, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #ef8f80: 5 real palettes, including Alpine and Paper & Pine, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Bramble put Champagne beside #ef8f80, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #ef8f80
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ef8f80 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.36:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.91:1 | 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 #ef8f80 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#ef8f80 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 #ef8f80 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ef8f80-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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