Color
#808c5a
#808c5argb(128, 140, 90)hsl(74, 22%, 45%)oklch(0.618 0.072 119.5)Colors that go with #808c5a
Charcoal, Copper and Medium Purple 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 #808c5a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Copper #b87333
analogousshippedCopper is #808c5a's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Medium Purple #9370db
complementaryshippedMedium Purple sits directly opposite #808c5a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #808c5a, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Bramble put Champagne beside #808c5a, as that palette's text colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #808c5a in 5 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #808c5a in 5 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Cider, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #808c5a: 7 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #808c5a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #808c5a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.61:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.82:1 | 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 #808c5a 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 #808c5a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/808c5a-b4bea2-4e72df-242d1f-f1efe9?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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