Color
#a56f84
#a56f84rgb(165, 111, 132)hsl(337, 23%, 54%)oklch(0.604 0.074 354.5)Colors that go with #a56f84
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 #a56f84: 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 #a56f84, as that palette's text colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar put Peru beside #a56f84, as the lead colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #a56f84: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Tan #d2b48c
shippedTan is paired with #a56f84 in 4 real palettes, including Mushroom and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a56f84 in 22 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Typewriter, as that palette's text colour.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #a56f84: 4 real palettes, including Oatly's brand system and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #a56f84 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #a56f84
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a56f84 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.03:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.21:1 | 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 #a56f84 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a56f84 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 #a56f84 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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