Color
#855d57
#855d57rgb(133, 93, 87)hsl(8, 21%, 43%)oklch(0.519 0.054 28.6)Colors that go with #855d57
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 #855d57 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #855d57 in 5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #855d57 in 6 real palettes, including Bakery and Clay & Linen, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Peru #cd853f
shippedPeru is paired with #855d57 in 4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedSage Green is paired with #855d57 in 7 real palettes, including Homestead and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #855d57 in 4 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Typewriter, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #855d57 in 4 real palettes, including Mushroom and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #855d57: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #855d57
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #855d57 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.67:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.7:1 | 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 #855d57 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
#855d57 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 #855d57 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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