Color
#686175
#686175rgb(104, 97, 117)hsl(261, 9%, 42%)oklch(0.506 0.032 301.2)Colors that go with #686175
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 #686175: 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 #686175.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #686175: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #686175 in 7 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Gemstone, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #686175: 6 real palettes, including Campus and HP's brand system, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #686175: 6 real palettes, including Newsprint and Fireside, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #686175 in 5 real palettes, including Open House and Mid-Century, as the accent.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #686175: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #686175
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #686175 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.91:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.56:1 | 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 #686175 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
#686175 reads as muted, 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 #686175 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/686175-af9cc4-dfcb4e-2a1f2d-e9eaf1?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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