Color
#a28daa
#a28daargb(162, 141, 170)hsl(283, 15%, 61%)oklch(0.672 0.048 316.7)Colors that go with #a28daa
Charcoal, Copper 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 text near-black for #a28daa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #a28daa: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Atelier, as the accent.
Peru #cd853f
triadicshippedPeru completes a triad with #a28daa — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #a28daa: 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and Stone, as the lead colour.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
complementaryMedium Sea Green sits directly opposite #a28daa on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped3 real palettes, including Estate and Blush put Blush Pink beside #a28daa, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #a28daa in 3 real palettes, including Kiln and Polaroid, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #a28daa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a28daa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.03:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.93:1 | 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 #a28daa 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 #a28daa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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