Color
#05520e
#05520ergb(5, 82, 14)hsl(127, 89%, 17%)oklch(0.382 0.121 143.9)Colors that go with #05520e
Emerald Green, Taupe and Dark Orchid 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.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #05520e in 4 real palettes, including CircleCI's brand system and Chime's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #05520e in 6 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Squarespace's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Orchid #9932cc
complementaryDark Orchid sits directly opposite #05520e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #05520e in 3 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and Clerk's brand system, as the accent.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #05520e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #05520e — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
split-complementMedium Violet Red is a split-complement of #05520e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #05520e wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #05520e reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #05520e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #05520e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.46:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.22:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #05520e as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#05520e reads as vivid, dark, luxury. 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 #05520e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/05520e-a2bea8-aa4edf-1f2d27-ecf1e9?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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