Color
#5d5676
#5d5676rgb(93, 86, 118)hsl(253, 16%, 40%)oklch(0.473 0.052 294.4)Colors that go with #5d5676
Charcoal, Sea Green and Steel Blue 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 #5d5676: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #5d5676: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #5d5676's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #5d5676 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Tesco's brand system and Activision's brand system put Blue beside #5d5676, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #5d5676: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5d5676 in 11 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Codecademy's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5d5676: 12 real palettes, including HP's brand system and The New York Times's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #5d5676
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5d5676 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.87:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.06:1 | 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 #5d5676 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 #5d5676 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5d5676-a99cc4-dfb84e-281f2d-e9ebf1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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