Color
#5e526f
#5e526frgb(94, 82, 111)hsl(265, 15%, 38%)oklch(0.462 0.048 303.5)Colors that go with #5e526f
Teal, Copper and Denim 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.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #5e526f — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #5e526f: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5e526f: 8 real palettes, including HP's brand system and The New York Times's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #5e526f in 4 real palettes, including Open House and Fireside, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #5e526f in 5 real palettes, including Console Light and Fintech Trust, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Lufthansa's brand system and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #5e526f, as the lead colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Graphite and Campus put Orange beside #5e526f, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #5e526f: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #5e526f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5e526f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.21:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.91:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #5e526f 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 #5e526f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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