Color
#552b48
#552b48rgb(85, 43, 72)hsl(319, 33%, 25%)oklch(0.355 0.074 340)Colors that go with #552b48
Dark Olive Green, 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.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
split-complementshippedDark Olive Green is a split-complement of #552b48: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #552b48 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #552b48, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Nursery and Blush put Blush Pink beside #552b48, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #552b48: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Open House, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #552b48: 8 real palettes, including Bramble and Notion's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralshippedCream is the surface #552b48 wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #552b48 reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #552b48
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #552b48 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.5:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.83:1 | 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 #552b48 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
#552b48 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 #552b48 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/552b48-c19fb2-74cb62-2d1f23-f0e9f1?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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