Color
#8d494d
#8d494drgb(141, 73, 77)hsl(356, 32%, 42%)oklch(0.49 0.092 17.3)Colors that go with #8d494d
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 #8d494d 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 #8d494d, as the surface under it.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8d494d in 4 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Wendy's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #8d494d in 4 real palettes, including Cider and Olive Grove, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8d494d: 5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #8d494d in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Harvest, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #8d494d in 4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Fireside, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8d494d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #8d494d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8d494d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.58:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.19:1 | 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 #8d494d as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#8d494d 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 #8d494d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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