Color
#a78b8f
#a78b8frgb(167, 139, 143)hsl(351, 14%, 60%)oklch(0.664 0.034 8.4)Colors that go with #a78b8f
Charcoal, Blush Pink and Burlywood 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 #a78b8f: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Estate and Blush put Blush Pink beside #a78b8f, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #a78b8f in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Darkroom put Champagne beside #a78b8f, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #a78b8f: 7 real palettes, including Atelier and Riverbed, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #a78b8f in 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a78b8f: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #a78b8f — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #a78b8f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a78b8f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.12:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.73:1 | 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 #a78b8f as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a78b8f 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 #a78b8f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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