Color
#8a996c
#8a996crgb(138, 153, 108)hsl(80, 18%, 51%)oklch(0.659 0.066 123.2)Colors that go with #8a996c
Charcoal, Medium Purple and Blush Pink 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 #8a996c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Medium Purple #9370db
complementaryshippedMedium Purple sits directly opposite #8a996c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Estate and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #8a996c, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #8a996c in 5 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Darkroom put Champagne beside #8a996c, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #8a996c: 7 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8a996c in 5 real palettes, including Diner and Cartier's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #8a996c in 6 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Forest Floor, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #8a996c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8a996c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.06:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.85:1 | 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 #8a996c 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 #8a996c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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