#596169 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	6.29:1	pass	pass	fail	AAA: use #525960 as the text (7.1:1)
Aaon black	3.34:1	fail	pass	fail	AA: use #6e7881 as the text (4.67:1) AAA: use #8e969f as the text (7.01:1) AA: or shift the background to #dbdbdb (4.54:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #596169 as the background.

Brands using this color

GitHubtextMuted · #57606a · Δ0.502

Fonts for this mood

#596169 reads as muted, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Minimal fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #596169

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #596169 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/596169-9cabc4-df514e-1f202d-e9f1f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md