Color

#87442c

#87442c
hex#87442c
rgbrgb(135, 68, 44)
hslhsl(16, 51%, 35%)
oklchoklch(0.466 0.099 40.1)
Closest name: saddlebrown (#8b4513)Relative luminance 0.0947

Colors that go with #87442c

Teal, 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.

Real palettes that use #87442c

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#2c6e87

#872c41 · #87722c

#2c8744 · #442c87

Split-complementary

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#2c8772 · #2c4187

#41872c · #2c6e87 · #722c87

Contrast

#87442c as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
7.26:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.89:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #b55b3b as the text (4.52:1)
  • AAA: use #ce8469 as the text (7.13:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #cccccc (4.52:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #fcfcfc (7.07:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #87442c as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#87442c reads as warm. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #87442c
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #87442c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/87442c-c4ab9c-62cbb4-2d291f-f1e9eb?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md