Color
#fd523f
#fd523frgb(253, 82, 63)hsl(6, 98%, 62%)oklch(0.673 0.21 29.9)Colors that go with #fd523f
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 #fd523f: 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 #fd523f 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 #fd523f in 5 real palettes, including Heatwave and Ember, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #fd523f, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fd523f in 6 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Snyk's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #fd523f: 9 real palettes, including Strava's brand system and Soundcloud's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #fd523f: 7 real palettes, including Heatwave and Readymag's brand system, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #fd523f: 4 real palettes, including Ember and Maple, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #fd523f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fd523f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.25:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.46:1 | 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 #fd523f as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#fd523f 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 #fd523f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/fd523f-c4a59c-62cba3-2d271f-f1e9ec?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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