Color
#8a8e33
#8a8e33rgb(138, 142, 51)hsl(63, 47%, 38%)oklch(0.625 0.114 111.7)Colors that go with #8a8e33
Charcoal, Dodger Blue and Medium Purple 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 #8a8e33: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
split-complementshippedDodger Blue is a split-complement of #8a8e33: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Medium Purple #9370db
complementaryshippedMedium Purple sits directly opposite #8a8e33 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Bramble and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #8a8e33, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #8a8e33: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8a8e33 in 4 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #8a8e33 in 6 real palettes, including Cider and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8a8e33: 6 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #8a8e33
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a8e33 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.5:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8a8e33 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #8a8e33 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8a8e33-b9bea2-4e8ddf-262d1f-f1eee9?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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