Color
#505e68
#505e68rgb(80, 94, 104)hsl(205, 13%, 36%)oklch(0.474 0.024 239.1)Colors that go with #505e68
Blue, 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.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Blue beside #505e68, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #505e68: 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 #505e68, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #505e68: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #505e68 in 6 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Gemstone, as the accent.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
shipped4 real palettes, including Cider and Greige put Dark Goldenrod beside #505e68, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #505e68: 7 real palettes, including HP's brand system and The New York Times's brand system, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the near-white surface #505e68 was made for — maximum legibility with no colour cast to argue with.
Real palettes that use #505e68
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #505e68 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.68:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.14:1 | 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 #505e68 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 #505e68 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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