Color
#808b09
#808b09rgb(128, 139, 9)hsl(65, 88%, 29%)oklch(0.607 0.136 115.3)Colors that go with #808b09
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Crimson 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 #808b09: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #808b09: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #808b09 in 4 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #808b09: 5 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Mushroom and Atelier put Slate Gray beside #808b09, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #808b09 in 15 real palettes, including Acer's brand system and Mushroom, as that palette's text colour.
Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee
complementaryMedium Slate Blue sits directly opposite #808b09 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Instacart's brand system put Blue beside #808b09, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #808b09
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #808b09 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.74:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.61:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #808b09 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
#808b09 reads as vivid, 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 #808b09 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/808b09-b8bea2-4e88df-262d1f-f1eee9?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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