Color
#f85530
#f85530rgb(248, 85, 48)hsl(11, 93%, 58%)oklch(0.667 0.205 34.1)Colors that go with #f85530
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 #f85530 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 #f85530: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #f85530 in 9 real palettes, including Ember and Heatwave, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside #f85530, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #f85530: 4 real palettes, including Tide's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #f85530: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #f85530 in 9 real palettes, including Pizza Hut's brand system and Redfin's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #f85530: 15 real palettes, including Strava's brand system and PlanetScale's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #f85530
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f85530 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.32:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.33:1 | 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 #f85530 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Tideaccent · #fb4c06 · Δ1.895
- Prepare your taste buds...primary · #fc5404 · Δ1.947
- Stravaprimary · #fc5404 · Δ1.947
- Substackprimary · #fc5404 · Δ1.947
- Figmaprimary · #f24e1e · Δ1.955
- FigmalogoRed · #f24e1e · Δ1.955
- Together AIprimary · #fc4c02 · Δ1.972
- PlanetScaleprimary · #f35815 · Δ1.985
- PlanetScalesecondary · #f35815 · Δ1.985
Fonts for this mood
#f85530 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 #f85530 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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