Color

#512a2e

#512a2e
hex#512a2e
rgbrgb(81, 42, 46)
hslhsl(354, 32%, 24%)
oklchoklch(0.337 0.058 14.1)
Closest name: Brown Coffee (#4a2c2a)Relative luminance 0.036

Colors that go with #512a2e

Sea Green, Sienna and Steel 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#2a514d

#512a41 · #51392a

#2e512a · #2a2e51

Split-complementary

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#2a5139 · #2a4151

#41512a · #2a514d · #392a51

Contrast

#512a2e as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
12.21:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.72:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #ac5d65 as the text (4.51:1)
  • AAA: use #c1868c as the text (7.06:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #9e9e9e (4.56:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #c7c7c7 (7.22:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #512a2e as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

Fonts for this mood

#512a2e reads as warm, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #512a2e
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #512a2e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/512a2e-c49d9c-62cb8e-2d241f-f1e9ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md