Color
#515238
#515238rgb(81, 82, 56)hsl(62, 19%, 27%)oklch(0.43 0.04 109.8)Colors that go with #515238
Blue, Champagne and Copper 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.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Blue beside #515238, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #515238, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #515238: 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #515238 in 4 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #515238: 4 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #515238 in 4 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and Tumblr's brand system, as the accent.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #515238 wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #515238 reads softer on it than on pure white.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #515238 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #515238
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #515238 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.03:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.61:1 | 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 #515238 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
#515238 reads as muted, 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 #515238 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/515238-babea2-4e8fdf-272d1f-f1eee9?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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