Color
#a56f80
#a56f80rgb(165, 111, 128)hsl(341, 23%, 54%)oklch(0.603 0.072 359)Colors that go with #a56f80
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 #a56f80: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #a56f80, as that palette's text colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln put Peru beside #a56f80, as the lead colour.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust shows up next to #a56f80 in 5 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Gallery, as the accent.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #a56f80: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #a56f80 in 4 real palettes, including Mushroom and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a56f80 in 22 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Mushroom, as that palette's text colour.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #a56f80: 4 real palettes, including Oatly's brand system and Anthropic's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #a56f80
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a56f80 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.05:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.19:1 | 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 #a56f80 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a56f80 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 #a56f80 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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