Color
#8e484c
#8e484crgb(142, 72, 76)hsl(357, 33%, 42%)oklch(0.489 0.095 17.6)Colors that go with #8e484c
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 #8e484c 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 #8e484c, as the surface under it.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #8e484c 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 #8e484c in 4 real palettes, including Cider and Olive Grove, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8e484c: 5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #8e484c in 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Harvest, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #8e484c in 4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Fireside, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #8e484c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Real palettes that use #8e484c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8e484c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.6:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.18:1 | 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 #8e484c as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#8e484c 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 #8e484c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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