Color
#ad685c
#ad685crgb(173, 104, 92)hsl(9, 33%, 52%)oklch(0.59 0.091 30.6)Colors that go with #ad685c
Amber, 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.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ad685c in 4 real palettes, including Trailhead and Ember, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #ad685c: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Bramble and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #ad685c, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #ad685c in 6 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Magazine Ochre, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ad685c: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Dyson's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #ad685c: 4 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Opensea's brand system, as the accent.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #ad685c: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dark Cyan #008b8b
complementaryDark Cyan sits directly opposite #ad685c 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 #ad685c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ad685c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.28:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.91:1 | 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 #ad685c as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#ad685c 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 #ad685c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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