Color
#08494f
#08494frgb(8, 73, 79)hsl(185, 82%, 17%)oklch(0.371 0.06 204.8)Colors that go with #08494f
Steel Blue, Crimson and Blush Pink 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #08494f's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Crimson #dc143c
complementaryshippedCrimson sits directly opposite #08494f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #08494f in 4 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Rain Garden, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #08494f in 4 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #08494f in 5 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Desert Road — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedPowder Blue is paired with #08494f in 7 real palettes, including Stone and Frost & Ember, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Saddle Brown #8b4513
shippedSaddle Brown is paired with #08494f in 4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Darkroom, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #08494f: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #08494f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #08494f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 10.11:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.08:1 | 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 #08494f as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#08494f reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #08494f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/08494f-a2b8be-df4e88-1f262d-e9f1ee?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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