Color
#873b65
#873b65rgb(135, 59, 101)hsl(327, 39%, 38%)oklch(0.467 0.116 348.2)Colors that go with #873b65
Teal, Champagne and Taupe 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.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #873b65 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Bramble and Darkroom put Champagne beside #873b65, as the text colour against it.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #873b65 in 11 real palettes, including Blush and Darkroom, as that palette's text colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #873b65: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #873b65: 3 real palettes, including Bramble and Bakery, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #873b65 in 3 real palettes, including Lenovo's brand system and State Farm's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
triadicshippedDark Olive Green completes a triad with #873b65 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #873b65: 3 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #873b65
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #873b65 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.38:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.84:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #873b65 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#873b65 reads as warm. 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 #873b65 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/873b65-c19fae-66cb62-2d1f21-f1e9f1?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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