Color
#505d62
#505d62rgb(80, 93, 98)hsl(197, 10%, 35%)oklch(0.469 0.018 223)Colors that go with #505d62
Cadet Blue, Champagne and Copper 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.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #505d62: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #505d62, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #505d62: 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #505d62 in 5 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Gemstone, as the accent.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
shipped4 real palettes, including Cider and Puma's brand system put Dark Goldenrod beside #505d62, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #505d62: 7 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 #505d62: 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Newsprint, as the lead colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the near-white surface #505d62 was made for — maximum legibility with no colour cast to argue with.
Real palettes that use #505d62
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #505d62 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.81:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.08:1 | 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 #505d62 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 #505d62 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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