Color
#8a574c
#8a574crgb(138, 87, 76)hsl(11, 29%, 42%)oklch(0.511 0.071 32.8)Colors that go with #8a574c
Teal, Champagne and Hunter 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 #8a574c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #8a574c, as the surface under it.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #8a574c in 4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Bookshop, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #8a574c in 6 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and GitHub's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #8a574c: 7 real palettes, including Homestead and Darkroom, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Clay & Linen put Slate Gray beside #8a574c, as the supporting colour.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #8a574c in 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Mushroom, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8a574c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a574c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.92:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.55:1 | 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 #8a574c 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
#8a574c 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 #8a574c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8a574c-c4a89c-62cbab-2d281f-f1e9ec?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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