Color
#987171
#987171rgb(152, 113, 113)hsl(0, 16%, 52%)oklch(0.588 0.05 18.7)Colors that go with #987171
Charcoal, Champagne and Peru 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 #987171: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #987171, as that palette's text colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Peru beside #987171, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #987171 in 4 real palettes, including Slate Workspace and Zed's brand system, as the accent.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #987171 in 5 real palettes, including Gallery and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #987171: 5 real palettes, including Graphite and Forest Floor, as the lead colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #987171 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #987171 in 4 real palettes, including Mushroom and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #987171
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #987171 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.25:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.94:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #987171 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#987171 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 #987171 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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