Color
#553544
#553544rgb(85, 53, 68)hsl(332, 23%, 27%)oklch(0.372 0.051 350.2)Colors that go with #553544
Sea 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #553544: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #553544 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 Dunkin''s brand system and Minecraft's brand system put Blue beside #553544, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Nursery and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #553544, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #553544: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Paper & Pine, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #553544: 5 real palettes, including Bramble and Notion's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #553544 in 10 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Burger King's brand system, as the accent.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface #553544 wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so #553544 reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use #553544
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #553544 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 10.61:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.98:1 | 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 #553544 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
#553544 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 #553544 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/553544-c49caa-62cb67-2d1f20-f1e9f1?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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