Color
#a88e85
#a88e85rgb(168, 142, 133)hsl(15, 17%, 59%)oklch(0.668 0.034 40)Colors that go with #a88e85
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 #a88e85: 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 #a88e85, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #a88e85 in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #a88e85, as the surface under it.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #a88e85 in 5 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #a88e85: 5 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Spline's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #a88e85 in 4 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Open House, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #a88e85: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #a88e85
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a88e85 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.06:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.87:1 | 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 #a88e85 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#a88e85 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 #a88e85 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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