Color
#550c23
#550c23rgb(85, 12, 35)hsl(341, 75%, 19%)oklch(0.299 0.105 8.3)Colors that go with #550c23
Charcoal, 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #550c23: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #550c23 — 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 #550c23 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 Tim Hortons's brand system and Sketch's brand system put Blue beside #550c23, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Bramble and Darkroom put Champagne beside #550c23, as the text colour against it.
Chocolate #d2691e
shippedChocolate shows up next to #550c23 in 4 real palettes, including Homestead and Wellness, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #550c23: 9 real palettes, including Chipotle's brand system and Bakery, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #550c23 in 12 real palettes, including Burger King's brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #550c23
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #550c23 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.35:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.46:1 | 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 #550c23 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#550c23 reads as warm, vivid, 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 #550c23 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/550c23-c49ca4-62cb77-2d211f-f1e9ef?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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