Color
#523d41
#523d41rgb(82, 61, 65)hsl(349, 15%, 28%)oklch(0.384 0.03 5.9)Colors that go with #523d41
Sea Green, Steel Blue and Teal 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #523d41: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #523d41 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #523d41 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Minecraft's brand system put Blue beside #523d41, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Nursery and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #523d41, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #523d41: 4 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Bramble and Darkroom put Champagne beside #523d41, as the text colour against it.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #523d41 wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #523d41 reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #523d41
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #523d41 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.99:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.1:1 | 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 #523d41 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
#523d41 reads as warm, muted, 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 #523d41 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/523d41-c49c9f-62cb85-2d231f-f1e9ee?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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