Clinic
Open in tool →Teal reads clinical without the coldness of pure blue; the coral accent adds warmth for reassurance moments.
Color
#f87116
#f87116
hex
#f87116rgb
rgb(248, 113, 22)hsl
hsl(24, 94%, 53%)oklch
oklch(0.701 0.187 47)Closest name: Apocalyptic Orange (#f4711e)Relative luminance 0.3182
Colors that go with #f87116
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Deep Sky 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #f87116: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #f87116: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
complementaryshippedDeep Sky Blue sits directly opposite #f87116 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 #f87116 in 6 real palettes, including Maple and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #f87116, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #f87116 in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #f87116 in 5 real palettes, including Burger King's brand system and Tequila Sunrise, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #f87116: 11 real palettes, including Fivetran blue's brand system and Postman's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #f87116
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f87116 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.85:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.36:1 | 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 #f87116 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#f87116 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #f87116
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #f87116 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/f87116-c4b19c-62cbc2-2d2b1f-f1e9ea?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md