Color
#aa838e
#aa838ergb(170, 131, 142)hsl(343, 19%, 59%)oklch(0.651 0.05 359.9)Colors that go with #aa838e
Charcoal, Champagne and Copper 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 #aa838e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Darkroom put Champagne beside #aa838e, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #aa838e: 6 real palettes, including Atelier and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #aa838e: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #aa838e: 4 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Spline's brand system, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #aa838e in 4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Bookshop, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Open House and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #aa838e, as the text colour against it.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryCadet Blue sits directly opposite #aa838e 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 #aa838e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #aa838e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.31:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.35:1 | 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 #aa838e as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#aa838e 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 #aa838e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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