Color
#b49cb1
#b49cb1rgb(180, 156, 177)hsl(308, 14%, 66%)oklch(0.72 0.041 330.1)Colors that go with #b49cb1
Charcoal, Blue 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 #b49cb1: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Lexus's brand system and League of Legends's brand system put Blue beside #b49cb1, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #b49cb1: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Dusk, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #b49cb1 in 4 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Cartier's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b49cb1: 5 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #b49cb1 in 4 real palettes, including Scale AI's brand system and Meadow, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #b49cb1 in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Darkroom, as the lead colour.
Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f
complementaryDark Sea Green sits directly opposite #b49cb1 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 #b49cb1
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b49cb1 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.52:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.33:1 | 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 #b49cb1 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#b49cb1 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 #b49cb1 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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