Velvet
Open in tool →Burgundy and plum on near-black with a brass accent — theatre, wine, and anything that wants to feel after-dark.
Color
#68314d
#68314d
hex
#68314drgb
rgb(104, 49, 77)hsl
hsl(329, 36%, 30%)oklch
oklch(0.396 0.086 350)Closest name: Grape (#6c3461)Relative luminance 0.0568
Colors that go with #68314d
Teal, Charcoal and Crimson 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
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #68314d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #68314d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #68314d in 5 real palettes, including Lenovo's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #68314d: 5 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Heinz's brand system, as the accent.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #68314d: 4 real palettes, including Stone and Darkroom, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped5 real palettes, including Sepia Mono and Bookshop put Slate Gray beside #68314d, as the supporting colour.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #68314d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped3 real palettes, including Nursery and Blush put Blush Pink beside #68314d, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #68314d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #68314d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.84:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.14:1 | 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 #68314d as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#68314d reads as warm, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #68314d
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #68314d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/68314d-c49cac-62cb62-2d1f21-f1e9f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md