#596369 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	6.15:1	pass	pass	fail	AAA: use #50595e as the text (7.16:1)
Aaon black	3.41:1	fail	pass	fail	AA: use #6c787f as the text (4.63:1) AAA: use #8e999f as the text (7.21:1) AA: or shift the background to #dedede (4.57:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #596369 as the background.

Brands using this color

GitHubtextMuted · #57606a · Δ1.058

Fonts for this mood

#596369 reads as muted, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Minimal fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #596369

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 #596369 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/596369-9cb1c4-df4e5f-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md