Color
#81836d
#81836drgb(129, 131, 109)hsl(65, 9%, 47%)oklch(0.602 0.032 111.6)Colors that go with #81836d
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 #81836d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Copper #b87333
analogousshippedCopper is #81836d'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 #81836d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped7 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #81836d, as that palette's text colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #81836d in 5 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #81836d: 8 real palettes, including Campus and Intel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #81836d in 5 real palettes, including Bookshop and Rolex's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Paramount+'s brand system and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #81836d, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #81836d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #81836d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.89:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.4:1 | 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 #81836d 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
#81836d reads as muted, minimal. 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 #81836d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/81836d-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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