Color
#85515a
#85515argb(133, 81, 90)hsl(350, 24%, 42%)oklch(0.497 0.071 8.7)Colors that go with #85515a
Teal, Champagne and Copper 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 #85515a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #85515a, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #85515a: 6 real palettes, including Bakery and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #85515a in 4 real palettes, including GitHub's brand system and Console Light, as the accent.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #85515a in 4 real palettes, including Magazine Ochre and Gallery, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #85515a: 5 real palettes, including Darkroom and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Typewriter and Bookshop put Slate Gray beside #85515a, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #85515a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85515a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.32:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.32:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #85515a 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
#85515a reads as warm, muted, editorial. 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 #85515a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/85515a-c49c9e-62cb87-2d231f-f1e9ee?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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