Color
#52656b
#52656brgb(82, 101, 107)hsl(194, 13%, 37%)oklch(0.493 0.025 218.9)Colors that go with #52656b
Charcoal, 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black that reads cleanly against #52656b without the hard edge of pure #000.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #52656b, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #52656b: 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #52656b in 8 real palettes, including Gemstone and Retro Pop, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #52656b: 10 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 #52656b: 5 real palettes, including Fireside and Newsprint, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #52656b in 5 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Fireside, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #52656b in 5 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Console Light, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #52656b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #52656b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.12:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.43:1 | 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 #52656b 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 #52656b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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