Color
#c49d8d
#c49d8drgb(196, 157, 141)hsl(17, 32%, 66%)oklch(0.727 0.052 43.4)Colors that go with #c49d8d
Charcoal, 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #c49d8d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryshippedCadet Blue sits directly opposite #c49d8d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and Bramble put Champagne beside #c49d8d, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #c49d8d: 6 real palettes, including Riverbed and Bakery, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #c49d8d in 4 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Cartier's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #c49d8d in 5 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Olive Grove, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #c49d8d: 4 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Open House, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #c49d8d: 4 real palettes, including Spline's brand system and Liquid Death's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #c49d8d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c49d8d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.45:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.55:1 | 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 #c49d8d as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#c49d8d 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 #c49d8d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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