Color
#856f83
#856f83rgb(133, 111, 131)hsl(305, 9%, 48%)oklch(0.569 0.04 329)Colors that go with #856f83
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 text near-black for #856f83: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #856f83 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
shipped5 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Cartier's brand system put Blush Pink beside #856f83, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #856f83, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #856f83: 5 real palettes, including Atelier and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #856f83 in 4 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 #856f83, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Peru beside #856f83, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #856f83
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #856f83 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.57:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.6:1 | 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 #856f83 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#856f83 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 #856f83 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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