Color
#3d697f
#3d697frgb(61, 105, 127)hsl(200, 35%, 37%)oklch(0.498 0.06 231.4)Colors that go with #3d697f
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Sienna 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 #3d697f: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #3d697f's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #3d697f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #3d697f in 4 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #3d697f: 6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #3d697f: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #3d697f in 12 real palettes, including Gemstone and Retro Pop, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #3d697f: 6 real palettes, including The New York Times's brand system and HP's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #3d697f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #3d697f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.96:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.53:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #3d697f as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#3d697f reads as cool, modern. 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 #3d697f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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