Color
#4e6374
#4e6374rgb(78, 99, 116)hsl(207, 20%, 38%)oklch(0.489 0.037 243)Colors that go with #4e6374
Charcoal, Sienna 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 text near-black for #4e6374: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #4e6374 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #4e6374, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #4e6374: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #4e6374 in 6 real palettes, including Gemstone and Retro Pop, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #4e6374: 11 real palettes, including HP's brand system and The New York Times's brand system, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #4e6374: 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Newsprint, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #4e6374 in 4 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Open House, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #4e6374
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4e6374 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.25:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.36:1 | 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 #4e6374 as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #4e6374 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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