Color
#808b2d
#808b2drgb(128, 139, 45)hsl(67, 51%, 36%)oklch(0.609 0.118 115.7)Colors that go with #808b2d
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Champagne 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 #808b2d: 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 #808b2d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Bramble put Champagne beside #808b2d, as that palette's text colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #808b2d 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 #808b2d: 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 #808b2d, as the lead colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
triadicshippedSteel Blue completes a triad with #808b2d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #808b2d in 18 real palettes, including Mushroom and Clean Beauty, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #808b2d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #808b2d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.72:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.65:1 | 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 #808b2d as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #808b2d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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