Color
#8a383c
#8a383crgb(138, 56, 60)hsl(357, 42%, 38%)oklch(0.454 0.112 19.8)Colors that go with #8a383c
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 #8a383c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #8a383c in 4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Woodsmoke, as the surface under it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #8a383c in 5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Campbell's's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #8a383c in 4 real palettes, including Candlelight and Fireside, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #8a383c — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedSage Green is paired with #8a383c in 4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #8a383c in 5 real palettes, including Bookshop and Typewriter, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8a383c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a383c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.74:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.71:1 | 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 #8a383c 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
#8a383c 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 #8a383c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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