Color
#8c455e
#8c455ergb(140, 69, 94)hsl(339, 34%, 41%)oklch(0.487 0.1 359.2)Colors that go with #8c455e
Teal, Champagne and Crimson 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 #8c455e 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 Darkroom and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #8c455e, as the surface under it.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8c455e in 4 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Wendy's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #8c455e in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Candlelight, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #8c455e in 6 real palettes, including Chase's brand system and Subaru's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #8c455e: 5 real palettes, including Darkroom and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Bookshop put Slate Gray beside #8c455e, as the supporting colour.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8c455e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #8c455e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8c455e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.71:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.13:1 | 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 #8c455e 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
#8c455e 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 #8c455e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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