Color
#858b18
#858b18rgb(133, 139, 24)hsl(63, 71%, 32%)oklch(0.612 0.129 112.8)Colors that go with #858b18
Charcoal, 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #858b18: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Bramble and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #858b18, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
analogousshippedCopper is #858b18's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #858b18 in 4 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #858b18: 5 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #858b18 in 5 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and Console Light, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Atelier and Mushroom put Slate Gray beside #858b18, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #858b18 in 17 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Cider, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #858b18
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #858b18 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.68:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.7:1 | 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 #858b18 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #858b18 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/858b18-b9bea2-4e8ddf-262d1f-f1eee9?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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