Color
#b5696e
#b5696ergb(181, 105, 110)hsl(356, 34%, 56%)oklch(0.607 0.097 16.2)Colors that go with #b5696e
Cadet Blue, Charcoal 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #b5696e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #b5696e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #b5696e, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #b5696e in 4 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Magazine Ochre, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b5696e: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Dyson's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #b5696e: 5 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Studio Grey, as the accent.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant shows up next to #b5696e in 4 real palettes, including Bramble and Sepia Mono, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #b5696e in 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Bookshop, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #b5696e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b5696e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.03:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.21:1 | 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 #b5696e as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#b5696e 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.
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›analyze #b5696e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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