Color
#5e212a
#5e212argb(94, 33, 42)hsl(351, 48%, 25%)oklch(0.342 0.089 14.2)Colors that go with #5e212a
Teal, Blue and Copper 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.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #5e212a 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 Tim Hortons's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system put Blue beside #5e212a, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #5e212a: 8 real palettes, including Bramble and Bakery, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5e212a in 8 real palettes, including M&M's's brand system and Burger King's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #5e212a in 4 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Oatmeal, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5e212a: 6 real palettes, including Heinz's brand system and Box's brand system, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #5e212a in 4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Darkroom, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #5e212a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #5e212a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5e212a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.16:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.73:1 | 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 #5e212a 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
#5e212a 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 #5e212a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5e212a-c49c9e-62cb89-2d231f-f1e9ee?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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