Color
#545f73
#545f73rgb(84, 95, 115)hsl(219, 16%, 39%)oklch(0.484 0.035 262.4)Colors that go with #545f73
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 #545f73: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #545f73 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 #545f73, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #545f73: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #545f73 in 10 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Gemstone, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #545f73: 4 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Lamborghini's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #545f73: 12 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 #545f73: 5 real palettes, including Fireside and Newsprint, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #545f73
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #545f73 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 #545f73 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 #545f73 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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