Color
#f5482e
#f5482ergb(245, 72, 46)hsl(8, 91%, 57%)oklch(0.648 0.213 31.5)Colors that go with #f5482e
Charcoal, Cadet Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #f5482e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #f5482e 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 #f5482e in 6 real palettes, including Heatwave and Ember, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Glossier's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside #f5482e, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #f5482e: 10 real palettes, including PlanetScale's brand system and Strava's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #f5482e: 6 real palettes, including Figma's brand system and Databricks's brand system, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #f5482e: 4 real palettes, including Ember and Nintendo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #f5482e in 8 real palettes, including Streetwear and Night Market, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #f5482e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f5482e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.59:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.85:1 | 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 #f5482e as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#f5482e 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 #f5482e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/f5482e-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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