Color
#856b82
#856b82rgb(133, 107, 130)hsl(307, 11%, 47%)oklch(0.561 0.047 330)Colors that go with #856b82
Charcoal, Sea Green and Blush Pink 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #856b82: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #856b82 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Cartier's brand system put Blush Pink beside #856b82, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #856b82: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #856b82, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #856b82: 5 real palettes, including Atelier and Riverbed, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #856b82 in 5 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #856b82, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #856b82
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #856b82 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.75:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.42:1 | 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 #856b82 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#856b82 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 #856b82 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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