Color
#5c697a
#5c697argb(92, 105, 122)hsl(214, 14%, 42%)oklch(0.516 0.031 255.2)Colors that go with #5c697a
Charcoal, Sienna and Amber 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 #5c697a: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #5c697a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #5c697a in 4 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Darkroom put Champagne beside #5c697a.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #5c697a: 5 real palettes, including Ink & Paper and Fintech Trust, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #5c697a: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5c697a in 11 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Gemstone, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #5c697a: 4 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Deep Water, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #5c697a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5c697a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.59:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.76:1 | 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 #5c697a as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #5c697a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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