Color
#605d74
#605d74rgb(96, 93, 116)hsl(248, 11%, 41%)oklch(0.49 0.037 291)Colors that go with #605d74
Charcoal, Champagne and Copper 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 #605d74: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Darkroom put Champagne beside #605d74.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #605d74: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #605d74 in 10 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Codecademy's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #605d74: 9 real palettes, including HP's brand system and The New York Times's brand system, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #605d74: 5 real palettes, including Newsprint and Fireside, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #605d74 in 4 real palettes, including Open House and Mid-Century, as the accent.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #605d74: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #605d74
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #605d74 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.33:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.32:1 | 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 #605d74 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 #605d74 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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