Color
#fa5255
#fa5255rgb(250, 82, 85)hsl(359, 94%, 65%)oklch(0.671 0.204 23.6)Colors that go with #fa5255
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 #fa5255: 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 #fa5255 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 #fa5255 in 5 real palettes, including Heatwave and Ember, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and Glossier's brand system put Blue beside #fa5255, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fa5255 in 7 real palettes, including Snyk's brand system and Wise's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #fa5255: 9 real palettes, including Strava's brand system and PlanetScale's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #fa5255: 6 real palettes, including Figma's brand system and Databricks's brand system, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #fa5255: 4 real palettes, including Ember and Nintendo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #fa5255
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fa5255 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.28:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.4:1 | 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 #fa5255 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#fa5255 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 #fa5255 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/fa5255-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.
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