Color
#8a2e42
#8a2e42rgb(138, 46, 66)hsl(347, 50%, 36%)oklch(0.442 0.126 10.8)Colors that go with #8a2e42
Teal, Champagne and Denim 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 #8a2e42 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 #8a2e42, as the text colour against it.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8a2e42: 5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Typewriter put Slate Gray beside #8a2e42, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8a2e42 in 12 real palettes, including Cider and Blush, as that palette's text colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8a2e42: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #8a2e42: 3 real palettes, including Bramble and Bakery, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8a2e42 in 3 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Lenovo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #8a2e42
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a2e42 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.23:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.55:1 | 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 #8a2e42 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
#8a2e42 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 #8a2e42 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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