#FD6F52 is a mid-toned, warm orange. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, bold and ownable. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #FD6F52 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FD6F52 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Bittersweet as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Bittersweet holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Bittersweet opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Bittersweet sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Bittersweet is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Bittersweet carrying the quiet middle.
How #FD6F52 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #FD6F52 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FD6F52;
--color-base-rgb: 253 111 82;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(71.0% 0.180 33.2);
--color-50: #FEF3F0;
--color-100: #FDDED8;
--color-200: #FCBDB1;
--color-300: #F78D78;
--color-400: #EA6348;
--color-500: #D14124;
--color-600: #9E3824;
--color-700: #6F2D20;
--color-800: #482119;
--color-900: #2C1611;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bittersweet: {
50: '#FEF3F0',
100: '#FDDED8',
200: '#FCBDB1',
300: '#F78D78',
400: '#EA6348',
500: '#D14124',
600: '#9E3824',
700: '#6F2D20',
800: '#482119',
900: '#2C1611',
},
}
$base: #FD6F52; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF3F0; $base-100: #FDDED8; $base-200: #FCBDB1; $base-300: #F78D78; $base-400: #EA6348; $base-500: #D14124; $base-600: #9E3824; $base-700: #6F2D20; $base-800: #482119; $base-900: #2C1611; $base-hover: #FD3811; $base-subtle: #F8D8D2;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FD6F52",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF3F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDDED8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCBDB1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F78D78",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#EA6348",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#D14124",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9E3824",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6F2D20",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#482119",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2C1611",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}