Color
#a87a8a
#a87a8argb(168, 122, 138)hsl(339, 21%, 57%)oklch(0.63 0.061 356.4)Colors that go with #a87a8a
Charcoal, Cadet Blue and Blush Pink 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 #a87a8a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #a87a8a 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
shipped4 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Estate put Blush Pink beside #a87a8a, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #a87a8a, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #a87a8a: 4 real palettes, including Atelier and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a87a8a: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Campus, as the lead colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped6 real palettes, including Kiln and Estate put Peru beside #a87a8a, as the lead colour.
Saddle Brown #8b4513
shippedDesigners have shipped Saddle Brown with #a87a8a: 4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Bakery, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #a87a8a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a87a8a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.61:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.82:1 | 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 #a87a8a as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a87a8a 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 #a87a8a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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