Color
#f45115
#f45115rgb(244, 81, 21)hsl(16, 91%, 52%)oklch(0.654 0.209 37.4)Colors that go with #f45115
Cadet Blue, Charcoal and Dodger 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #f45115 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 #f45115: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
split-complementshippedDodger Blue is a split-complement of #f45115: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #f45115 in 6 real palettes, including Heatwave and Ember, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Glossier's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #f45115, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #f45115 in 6 real palettes, including Redfin's brand system and Wise's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #f45115: 10 real palettes, including PlanetScale's brand system and Strava's brand system, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #f45115: 5 real palettes, including Ember and Maple, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #f45115
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f45115 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.48:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.03:1 | 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 #f45115 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Cursorprimary · #f54e00 · Δ0.579
- Cursorsecondary · #f54e00 · Δ0.579
- Figmaprimary · #f24e1e · Δ0.857
- FigmalogoRed · #f24e1e · Δ0.857
- PlanetScaleprimary · #f35815 · Δ1.155
- PlanetScalesecondary · #f35815 · Δ1.155
- Tideaccent · #fb4c06 · Δ1.322
- Together AIprimary · #fc4c02 · Δ1.489
- Prepare your taste buds...primary · #fc5404 · Δ1.766
- Stravaprimary · #fc5404 · Δ1.766
- Substackprimary · #fc5404 · Δ1.766
- Replitsecondary · #ec4e02 · Δ1.787
Fonts for this mood
#f45115 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 #f45115 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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