Color
#85232a
#85232argb(133, 35, 42)hsl(356, 58%, 33%)oklch(0.415 0.132 21.3)Colors that go with #85232a
Teal, Slate Gray and Taupe 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.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #85232a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #85232a in 4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Typewriter, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #85232a in 9 real palettes, including Bookshop and Cider, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #85232a in 3 real palettes, including Bramble and Darkroom, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #85232a in 3 real palettes, including Bookshop and Darkroom, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementSteel Blue is a split-complement of #85232a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sienna #a0522d
analogousshippedSienna is #85232a's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #85232a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #85232a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85232a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.25:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.27:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #85232a 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
#85232a reads as warm. 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 #85232a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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