#5b656b as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	5.97:1	pass	pass	fail	AAA: use #50585e as the text (7.24:1)
Aaon black	3.52:1	fail	pass	fail	AA: use #6c777f as the text (4.58:1) AAA: use #8e989f as the text (7.14:1) AA: or shift the background to #e0e0e0 (4.52:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #5b656b as the background.

Brands using this color

GitHubtextMuted · #57606a · Δ1.675

Fonts for this mood

#5b656b reads as muted, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Minimal fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #5b656b

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 #5b656b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/5b656b-9cb0c4-df4e5d-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md