Color
#545b43
#545b43rgb(84, 91, 67)hsl(78, 15%, 31%)oklch(0.458 0.038 121.1)Colors that go with #545b43
Slate Blue, Blush Pink and Cadet 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.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
complementaryshippedSlate Blue sits directly opposite #545b43 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
shipped4 real palettes, including Blush and Nursery put Blush Pink beside #545b43, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #545b43: 4 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Darkroom put Champagne beside #545b43.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #545b43: 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #545b43 in 5 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Gemstone, as the accent.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
shipped4 real palettes, including Cider and Rolex's brand system put Dark Goldenrod beside #545b43, as the supporting colour.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #545b43 wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #545b43 reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #545b43
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #545b43 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.11:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.95:1 | 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 #545b43 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #545b43 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/545b43-b2bea2-4e69df-232d1f-f1f0e9?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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