Color
#5d6079
#5d6079rgb(93, 96, 121)hsl(234, 13%, 42%)oklch(0.496 0.04 279.5)Colors that go with #5d6079
Charcoal, Amber and 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 #5d6079: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #5d6079 in 4 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Costco's brand system put Blue beside #5d6079, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #5d6079, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #5d6079: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5d6079 in 11 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Wendy's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5d6079: 7 real palettes, including HP's brand system and The New York Times's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #5d6079 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #5d6079
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5d6079 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.15:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.41:1 | 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 #5d6079 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 #5d6079 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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