Color
#5a262a
#5a262argb(90, 38, 42)hsl(355, 41%, 25%)oklch(0.343 0.077 17.3)Colors that go with #5a262a
Charcoal, 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #5a262a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #5a262a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #5a262a, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Blush and Nursery put Blush Pink beside #5a262a, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #5a262a in 4 real palettes, including Velvet and Polaroid, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #5a262a: 9 real palettes, including Bramble and Bakery, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5a262a in 9 real palettes, including Burger King's brand system and M&M's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #5a262a in 6 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Oatmeal, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #5a262a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5a262a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.03:1 | 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 #5a262a 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
#5a262a 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 #5a262a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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