Clinic
Open in tool →Teal reads clinical without the coldness of pure blue; the coral accent adds warmth for reassurance moments.
Color
#f96c1f
#f96c1f
hex
#f96c1frgb
rgb(249, 108, 31)hsl
hsl(21, 95%, 55%)oklch
oklch(0.696 0.19 44)Closest name: Apocalyptic Orange (#f4711e)Relative luminance 0.3096
Colors that go with #f96c1f
Charcoal, Light Sea Green 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 #f96c1f: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
complementaryshippedLight Sea Green sits directly opposite #f96c1f 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 #f96c1f in 6 real palettes, including Ember and Maple, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #f96c1f, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #f96c1f in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #f96c1f: 4 real palettes, including Alpine and Paper & Pine, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #f96c1f: 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 #f96c1f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #f96c1f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f96c1f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.92:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.19:1 | 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 #f96c1f as the background.
Brands using this color
- GitLabprimary · #fc6d26 · Δ0.709
- Harley-Davidsonsecondary · #fa6600 · Δ1.167
- Fivetran blueaccent · #fe6703 · Δ1.184
- Hermèsprimary · #f37021 · Δ1.215
- Abstractsecondary · #ff6900 · Δ1.227
- Xiaomiprimary · #ff6900 · Δ1.227
- Xiaomisecondary · #ff6900 · Δ1.227
- Substackaccent · #ff6719 · Δ1.255
- Grafana Labssecondary · #ff671d · Δ1.291
- FedExsecondary · #ff6600 · Δ1.387
- Postmanprimary · #fc6c34 · Δ1.416
- dbt Labsprimary · #fc6304 · Δ1.581
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#f96c1f reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #f96c1f
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 #f96c1f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/f96c1f-c4af9c-62cbbd-2d2a1f-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