Color
#8a384d
#8a384drgb(138, 56, 77)hsl(345, 42%, 38%)oklch(0.459 0.113 6.8)Colors that go with #8a384d
Teal, Champagne and Crimson 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 #8a384d 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 Darkroom and Bramble put Champagne beside #8a384d, as the surface under it.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8a384d in 5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Wendy's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8a384d: 5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Hinge's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #8a384d in 4 real palettes, including Candlelight and Fireside, as the supporting colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #8a384d: 4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Sienna #a0522d
analogousshippedSienna is #8a384d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8a384d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #8a384d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a384d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.63:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.75:1 | 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 #8a384d 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
#8a384d 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 #8a384d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8a384d-c49ca1-62cb7e-2d221f-f1e9ef?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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