Color
#855f57
#855f57rgb(133, 95, 87)hsl(10, 21%, 43%)oklch(0.523 0.052 32.2)Colors that go with #855f57
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 #855f57 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #855f57, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #855f57: 5 real palettes, including Bakery and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Peru beside #855f57, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #855f57 in 5 real palettes, including GitHub's brand system and Slate Workspace, as the accent.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #855f57: 7 real palettes, including Homestead and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Typewriter put Slate Gray beside #855f57, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #855f57: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #855f57
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #855f57 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.57:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.77:1 | 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 #855f57 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
#855f57 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 #855f57 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/855f57-c4a79c-62cbaa-2d281f-f1e9ec?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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