Color
#8ca573
#8ca573rgb(140, 165, 115)hsl(90, 22%, 55%)oklch(0.69 0.076 129.8)Colors that go with #8ca573
Charcoal, Lilac and Blue 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 #8ca573: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #8ca573 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Lexus's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #8ca573, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #8ca573 in 5 real palettes, including Polaroid and Kiln, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Darkroom put Champagne beside #8ca573, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #8ca573: 8 real palettes, including Riverbed and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #8ca573: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #8ca573 in 6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Olive Grove, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #8ca573
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8ca573 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.71:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.74:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8ca573 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 #8ca573 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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