Color
#858e52
#858e52rgb(133, 142, 82)hsl(69, 27%, 44%)oklch(0.625 0.083 115.8)Colors that go with #858e52
Charcoal, Medium Purple 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 #858e52: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Medium Purple #9370db
complementaryshippedMedium Purple sits directly opposite #858e52 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 Estate and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #858e52, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Bramble put Champagne beside #858e52, as that palette's text colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #858e52 in 5 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #858e52 in 5 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Cider, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #858e52: 7 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #858e52: 4 real palettes, including Spline's brand system and Studio Grey, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #858e52
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #858e52 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.51:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.99:1 | 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 #858e52 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 #858e52 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/858e52-b7bea2-4e7edf-252d1f-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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