Paper & Pine
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Named color
Japanese Bonsai
#829f96
hex
#829f96rgb
rgb(130, 159, 150)hsl
hsl(161, 13%, 57%)oklch
oklch(0.678 0.035 174.4)Relative luminance 0.3174
Japanese Bonsai on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the curated palettes it appears in and any public brand that adopts it.
Colors that go with Japanese Bonsai
Charcoal, Blue and Blush Pink 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 text near-black for Japanese Bonsai: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Lexus's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside Japanese Bonsai, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside Japanese Bonsai, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with Japanese Bonsai in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Kiln, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Forest Floor put Champagne beside Japanese Bonsai, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with Japanese Bonsai: 8 real palettes, including Riverbed and Dusk, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to Japanese Bonsai in 5 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Olive Grove, as the lead colour.
Peru #cd853f
triadicshippedPeru completes a triad with Japanese Bonsai — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use Japanese Bonsai
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Japanese Bonsai as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.86:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.35:1 | 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 Japanese Bonsai as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around Japanese Bonsai
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #829f96 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/829f96-a2beb8-d459bb-1f2c2d-e9f1eb?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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