Color
#552f20
#552f20rgb(85, 47, 32)hsl(17, 45%, 23%)oklch(0.35 0.061 42)Colors that go with #552f20
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 #552f20: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #552f20 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #552f20, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Nursery and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #552f20, as the lead colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #552f20 in 5 real palettes, including Polaroid and Velvet, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #552f20: 5 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Paper & Pine, as the lead colour.
Chocolate #d2691e
shippedChocolate shows up next to #552f20 in 4 real palettes, including Homestead and Wellness, as the accent.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #552f20 wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #552f20 reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #552f20
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #552f20 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.58:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.81:1 | 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 #552f20 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
#552f20 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 #552f20 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/552f20-c4ac9c-62cbb6-2d291f-f1e9eb?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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