Color
#552b20
#552b20rgb(85, 43, 32)hsl(12, 45%, 23%)oklch(0.342 0.065 35.6)Colors that go with #552b20
Steel Blue, Teal and 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #552b20: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #552b20 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #552b20 in 8 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #552b20 in 5 real palettes, including Blush and Nursery, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #552b20 in 5 real palettes, including Polaroid and Velvet, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #552b20 in 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Dusk, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #552b20 in 4 real palettes, including Bramble and Darkroom, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #552b20 wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #552b20 reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #552b20
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #552b20 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.98:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.75:1 | 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 #552b20 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
#552b20 reads as warm, 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 #552b20 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/552b20-c4a99c-62cbad-2d281f-f1e9ec?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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