Clinic
Open in tool →Teal reads clinical without the coldness of pure blue; the coral accent adds warmth for reassurance moments.
Color
#fa6c14
#fa6c14
hex
#fa6c14rgb
rgb(250, 108, 20)hsl
hsl(23, 96%, 53%)oklch
oklch(0.697 0.193 45)Closest name: Apocalyptic Orange (#f4711e)Relative luminance 0.311
Colors that go with #fa6c14
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue 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 #fa6c14: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
complementaryshippedDeep Sky Blue sits directly opposite #fa6c14 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 #fa6c14 in 6 real palettes, including Maple and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #fa6c14, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #fa6c14 in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #fa6c14: 4 real palettes, including Alpine and Paper & Pine, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #fa6c14: 4 real palettes, including Tide's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fa6c14 in 9 real palettes, including Burger King's brand system and Pizza Hut's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #fa6c14
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fa6c14 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.91:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.22:1 | 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 #fa6c14 as the background.
Brands using this color
- GitLabprimary · #fc6d26 · Δ0.875
- Abstractsecondary · #ff6900 · Δ0.953
- Xiaomiprimary · #ff6900 · Δ0.953
- Xiaomisecondary · #ff6900 · Δ0.953
- Fivetran blueaccent · #fe6703 · Δ1.013
- Harley-Davidsonsecondary · #fa6600 · Δ1.091
- FedExsecondary · #ff6600 · Δ1.231
- Substackaccent · #ff6719 · Δ1.269
- Hermèsprimary · #f37021 · Δ1.322
- Grafana Labssecondary · #ff671d · Δ1.354
- dbt Labsprimary · #fc6304 · Δ1.577
- Postmanprimary · #fc6c34 · Δ1.748
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#fa6c14 reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fa6c14
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 #fa6c14 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fa6c14-c4b09c-62cbc0-2d2b1f-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