Color
#b49cab
#b49cabrgb(180, 156, 171)hsl(323, 14%, 66%)oklch(0.719 0.035 340.1)Colors that go with #b49cab
Charcoal, Burlywood 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 #b49cab: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #b49cab in 4 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Polaroid, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Darkroom put Champagne beside #b49cab, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #b49cab: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Dusk, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b49cab: 5 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #b49cab in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Darkroom, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Open House and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #b49cab, as the text colour against it.
Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f
complementaryDark Sea Green sits directly opposite #b49cab 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 #b49cab
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b49cab as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.53:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.28:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #b49cab as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#b49cab 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 #b49cab and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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