Color
#685a72
#685a72rgb(104, 90, 114)hsl(275, 12%, 40%)oklch(0.49 0.041 311)Colors that go with #685a72
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 #685a72: 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 #685a72.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #685a72: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #685a72 in 6 real palettes, including Wells Fargo's brand system and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #685a72: 4 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Campus, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #685a72: 4 real palettes, including Newsprint and Fireside, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #685a72 in 4 real palettes, including Open House and Mid-Century, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #685a72 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 #685a72
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #685a72 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.38:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.29:1 | 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 #685a72 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 #685a72 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/685a72-b89cc4-c0cb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?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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