Color
#8c696a
#8c696argb(140, 105, 106)hsl(358, 14%, 48%)oklch(0.556 0.045 16.7)Colors that go with #8c696a
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 #8c696a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #8c696a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped7 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #8c696a, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #8c696a: 5 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Atelier, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #8c696a in 4 real palettes, including Harvest and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #8c696a in 5 real palettes, including Bookshop and Darkroom, as the accent.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Peru beside #8c696a, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #8c696a in 5 real palettes, including Slate Workspace and Subaru's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #8c696a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8c696a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.83:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.34:1 | 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 #8c696a as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#8c696a 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 #8c696a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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