Color
#856f76
#856f76rgb(133, 111, 118)hsl(341, 9%, 48%)oklch(0.565 0.029 357)Colors that go with #856f76
Charcoal, Blush Pink and Champagne 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 text near-black that reads cleanly against #856f76 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #856f76, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped7 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #856f76, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #856f76: 6 real palettes, including Atelier and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #856f76 in 4 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Peru beside #856f76, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #856f76 in 4 real palettes, including Slate Workspace and Subaru's brand system, as the accent.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #856f76 in 6 real palettes, including Gallery and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #856f76
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #856f76 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.63:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.53:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #856f76 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#856f76 reads as muted, minimal. 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 #856f76 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/856f76-c49ca4-62cb77-2d211f-f1e9ef?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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