Dusk Gradient
Open in tool →Orange and peach on indigo-black with a violet — the last five minutes of a sunset, as a dark mode.
Color
#f87c4f
#f87c4f
hex
#f87c4frgb
rgb(248, 124, 79)hsl
hsl(16, 92%, 64%)oklch
oklch(0.721 0.163 40.1)Closest name: Bonfire (#f78058)Relative luminance 0.3494
Colors that go with #f87c4f
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 #f87c4f: 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 #f87c4f: 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 #f87c4f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Emerald Green #50c878
triadicshippedEmerald Green completes a triad with #f87c4f — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #f87c4f in 6 real palettes, including Maple and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #f87c4f, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #f87c4f in 4 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Polaroid, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #f87c4f: 4 real palettes, including Alpine and Paper & Pine, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #f87c4f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f87c4f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.63:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.99:1 | 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 #f87c4f as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#f87c4f reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #f87c4f
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 #f87c4f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/f87c4f-c4ab9c-62cbb4-2d291f-f1e9eb?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