Color
#8b8d35
#8b8d35rgb(139, 141, 53)hsl(61, 45%, 38%)oklch(0.624 0.11 110.4)Colors that go with #8b8d35
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 #8b8d35: 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 #8b8d35: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Medium Purple #9370db
complementaryshippedMedium Purple sits directly opposite #8b8d35 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 #8b8d35, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #8b8d35 in 5 real palettes, including Cider and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8b8d35: 6 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #8b8d35 in 5 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Bookshop, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Paramount+'s brand system and Telehealth put Midnight Blue beside #8b8d35, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #8b8d35
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8b8d35 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.52:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.96:1 | 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 #8b8d35 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 #8b8d35 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8b8d35-babea2-4e92df-272d1f-f1ede9?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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