Lido
Open in tool →Pool blue, watermelon and sun on white — the poolside summer set; the deep teal text keeps it from going juvenile.
Color
#f96c6e
#f96c6e
hex
#f96c6ergb
rgb(249, 108, 110)hsl
hsl(359, 92%, 70%)oklch
oklch(0.705 0.173 21.8)Closest name: Breeze of Chilli (#f4706e)Relative luminance 0.3199
Colors that go with #f96c6e
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 #f96c6e: 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 #f96c6e 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 #f96c6e in 6 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Ember, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and Sketch's brand system put Blue beside #f96c6e, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #f96c6e: 4 real palettes, including Alpine and Diner, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #f96c6e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #f96c6e in 7 real palettes, including Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Burger King's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
split-complementshippedDeep Sky Blue is a split-complement of #f96c6e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #f96c6e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #f96c6e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.84:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.4:1 | 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 #f96c6e as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#f96c6e reads as warm, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #f96c6e
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 #f96c6e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/f96c6e-c4a09c-62cb96-2d251f-f1e9ed?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