Color
#85998b
#85998brgb(133, 153, 139)hsl(138, 9%, 56%)oklch(0.663 0.031 155)Colors that go with #85998b
Charcoal, Blush Pink and Burlywood 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 #85998b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #85998b in 4 real palettes, including Estate and Garden Wedding, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #85998b in 5 real palettes, including Kiln and Polaroid, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #85998b in 5 real palettes, including Darkroom and Forest Floor, as the surface under it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #85998b in 7 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Atelier, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #85998b in 6 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #85998b in 5 real palettes, including Open House and First Snow, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orchid #da70d6
complementaryOrchid sits directly opposite #85998b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #85998b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85998b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.03:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.93:1 | 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 #85998b as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#85998b 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 #85998b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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