Color
#8a5c69
#8a5c69rgb(138, 92, 105)hsl(343, 20%, 45%)oklch(0.528 0.063 1)Colors that go with #8a5c69
Charcoal, Teal and Champagne 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8a5c69: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #8a5c69 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 Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #8a5c69, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
triadicshippedDark Olive Green completes a triad with #8a5c69 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #8a5c69 in 4 real palettes, including Indigo SaaS and Undergrowth, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #8a5c69 in 5 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and GitHub's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #8a5c69 in 5 real palettes, including Gallery and Magazine Ochre, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #8a5c69
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a5c69 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.5:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.82:1 | 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 #8a5c69 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#8a5c69 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 #8a5c69 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8a5c69-c49ca3-62cb7b-2d211f-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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