Color
#808e39
#808e39rgb(128, 142, 57)hsl(70, 43%, 39%)oklch(0.617 0.111 117.6)Colors that go with #808e39
Charcoal, Medium Purple 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 #808e39: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Medium Purple #9370db
complementaryshippedMedium Purple sits directly opposite #808e39 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Kia's brand system put Blue beside #808e39, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #808e39 in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Bramble put Champagne beside #808e39, as that palette's text colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #808e39 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 #808e39 in 4 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Cider, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #808e39: 5 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #808e39
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #808e39 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.59:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.85:1 | 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 #808e39 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 #808e39 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/808e39-b6bea2-4e7cdf-252d1f-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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