Color
#685e64
#685e64rgb(104, 94, 100)hsl(324, 5%, 39%)oklch(0.493 0.016 340.9)Colors that go with #685e64
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 that reads cleanly against #685e64 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Darkroom put Champagne beside #685e64.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #685e64: 6 real palettes, including Desert Road and Clay & Linen, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #685e64 in 5 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Fireside, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #685e64 in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Console Light, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Lufthansa's brand system and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #685e64, as the lead colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Mid-Century put Peru beside #685e64, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #685e64 in 6 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and GitHub's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #685e64
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #685e64 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.22:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.37:1 | 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 #685e64 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#685e64 reads as neutral, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #685e64 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/685e64-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?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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