Color
#552b2d
#552b2drgb(85, 43, 45)hsl(357, 33%, 25%)oklch(0.345 0.062 17.8)Colors that go with #552b2d
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
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #552b2d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #552b2d — 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 #552b2d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #552b2d in 4 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #552b2d, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Blush and Nursery put Blush Pink beside #552b2d, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #552b2d in 5 real palettes, including Velvet and Polaroid, as the accent.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #552b2d wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #552b2d reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #552b2d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #552b2d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.87:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.77:1 | 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 #552b2d 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
#552b2d 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 #552b2d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/552b2d-c49f9c-62cb93-2d251f-f1e9ed?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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