Color
#8a516d
#8a516drgb(138, 81, 109)hsl(331, 26%, 43%)oklch(0.51 0.085 349.7)Colors that go with #8a516d
Teal, Dark Olive Green and Sage Green 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 #8a516d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
triadicshippedDark Olive Green completes a triad with #8a516d — 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 #8a516d in 5 real palettes, including Darkroom and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #8a516d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #8a516d in 3 real palettes, including Darkroom and Coffee Bar, as the surface under it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8a516d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #8a516d in 3 real palettes, including Darkroom and Fireside, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #8a516d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a516d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.04:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.48:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8a516d as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#8a516d reads as warm, muted, editorial. 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 #8a516d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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