Color
#48581d
#48581drgb(72, 88, 29)hsl(76, 50%, 23%)oklch(0.433 0.085 122.9)Colors that go with #48581d
Charcoal, Blue Violet and Royal 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 #48581d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
complementaryshippedBlue Violet sits directly opposite #48581d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #48581d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedSage Green is paired with #48581d in 7 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Darkroom, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #48581d in 16 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Bookshop, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
split-complementshippedMedium Violet Red is a split-complement of #48581d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #48581d in 3 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system, as the surface under it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #48581d in 3 real palettes, including MAC Cosmetics's brand system and Codecademy's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #48581d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #48581d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.81:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.69:1 | 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 #48581d as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#48581d reads as dark, luxury, bold. 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 #48581d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/48581d-b3bea2-4e6edf-232d1f-f1efe9?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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