Color
#a97e8a
#a97e8argb(169, 126, 138)hsl(343, 20%, 58%)oklch(0.639 0.056 0.4)Colors that go with #a97e8a
Charcoal, Cadet Blue and Champagne 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 #a97e8a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #a97e8a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Darkroom put Champagne beside #a97e8a, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #a97e8a: 4 real palettes, including Atelier and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a97e8a: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #a97e8a: 4 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Notion's brand system, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a97e8a in 4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Desert Road, as the accent.
Peru #cd853f
shipped6 real palettes, including Kiln and Estate put Peru beside #a97e8a, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #a97e8a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a97e8a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.48:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.04:1 | 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 #a97e8a as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a97e8a 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 #a97e8a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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