Dusk Gradient
Open in tool →Orange and peach on indigo-black with a violet — the last five minutes of a sunset, as a dark mode.
Color
#fd7a4e
#fd7a4e
hex
#fd7a4ergb
rgb(253, 122, 78)hsl
hsl(15, 98%, 65%)oklch
oklch(0.725 0.171 38.9)Closest name: coral (#ff7f50)Relative luminance 0.3535
Colors that go with #fd7a4e
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue and Deep Sky Blue 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 #fd7a4e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #fd7a4e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
complementaryshippedDeep Sky Blue sits directly opposite #fd7a4e 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 #fd7a4e in 5 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Maple, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #fd7a4e, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #fd7a4e in 4 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Polaroid, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #fd7a4e in 4 real palettes, including Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #fd7a4e: 9 real palettes, including Postman's brand system and Fivetran blue's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #fd7a4e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #fd7a4e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.6:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.07:1 | 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 #fd7a4e as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#fd7a4e reads as warm, vivid, playful. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #fd7a4e
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 #fd7a4e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/fd7a4e-c4ab9c-62cbb2-2d291f-f1e9eb?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