Color
#685d74
#685d74rgb(104, 93, 116)hsl(269, 11%, 41%)oklch(0.497 0.038 306.7)Colors that go with #685d74
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 #685d74: 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 #685d74.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #685d74: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #685d74 in 5 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Amazon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #685d74: 4 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Campus, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #685d74 in 4 real palettes, including Open House and Mid-Century, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #685d74 in 4 real palettes, including Indigo SaaS and Console Light, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #685d74 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 #685d74
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #685d74 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.16:1 | 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 #685d74 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 #685d74 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/685d74-b49cc4-cbcb62-2c1f2d-e9e9f1?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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