Color
#85235b
#85235brgb(133, 35, 91)hsl(326, 58%, 33%)oklch(0.43 0.144 349.8)Colors that go with #85235b
Teal, Taupe and Charcoal 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 #85235b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #85235b in 5 real palettes, including Blush and Cider, as that palette's text colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #85235b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
analogousshippedCrimson is #85235b's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #85235b: 3 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and State Farm's brand system, as the accent.
Forest Green #228b22
split-complementForest Green is a split-complement of #85235b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedTwo real palettes: Bramble and Darkroom put Champagne beside #85235b, as the text colour against it.
Gold #ffd700
shippedGold shows up next to #85235b in two real palettes: Mailchimp's brand system and Garnet, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #85235b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85235b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.79:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.39:1 | 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 #85235b 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
#85235b 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 #85235b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/85235b-c19fae-67cb62-2d1f21-f1e9f1?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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