Color
#52606f
#52606frgb(82, 96, 111)hsl(211, 15%, 38%)oklch(0.483 0.03 250.2)Colors that go with #52606f
Charcoal, 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black that reads cleanly against #52606f without the hard edge of pure #000.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Activision's brand system put Blue beside #52606f, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #52606f, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #52606f: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #52606f in 9 real palettes, including Gemstone and Codecademy's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
shipped4 real palettes, including Greige and Cider put Dark Goldenrod beside #52606f, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #52606f: 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 #52606f: 5 real palettes, including Fireside and Newsprint, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #52606f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #52606f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.44:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.26:1 | 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 #52606f 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 #52606f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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