Color
#5a616d
#5a616drgb(90, 97, 109)hsl(218, 10%, 39%)oklch(0.491 0.021 261.3)Colors that go with #5a616d
Charcoal, Blush Pink 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 #5a616d without the hard edge of pure #000.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Blush put Blush Pink beside #5a616d, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Darkroom put Champagne beside #5a616d.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #5a616d: 6 real palettes, including Desert Road and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5a616d in 7 real palettes, including Gemstone and Retro Pop, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5a616d: 9 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Campus, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #5a616d: 5 real palettes, including Newsprint and Fireside, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #5a616d in 4 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Open House, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #5a616d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5a616d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.24:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.37:1 | 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 #5a616d 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 #5a616d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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