Color
#aa8a83
#aa8a83rgb(170, 138, 131)hsl(11, 19%, 59%)oklch(0.661 0.041 32.5)Colors that go with #aa8a83
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 #aa8a83: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #aa8a83 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 Estate and Blush put Blush Pink beside #aa8a83, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #aa8a83 in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #aa8a83, as the surface under it.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #aa8a83 in 5 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #aa8a83: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Guinness's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #aa8a83: 5 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Spline's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #aa8a83
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #aa8a83 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.15:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.67:1 | 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 #aa8a83 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#aa8a83 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 #aa8a83 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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