Color
#dc9b8e
#dc9b8ergb(220, 155, 142)hsl(10, 53%, 71%)oklch(0.749 0.081 31.6)Colors that go with #dc9b8e
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 #dc9b8e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #dc9b8e: 6 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Paper & Pine, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Bramble and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #dc9b8e, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #dc9b8e: 5 real palettes, including Bramble and Bakery, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #dc9b8e in 6 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #dc9b8e in 4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #dc9b8e: 7 real palettes, including Target : Expect More. Pay Less.'s brand system and Guinness's brand system, as the accent.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
split-complementshippedSky Blue is a split-complement of #dc9b8e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #dc9b8e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #dc9b8e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.3:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.12:1 | 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 #dc9b8e as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#dc9b8e reads as warm, light, clean. 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 #dc9b8e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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