Color
#686c19
#686c19rgb(104, 108, 25)hsl(63, 62%, 26%)oklch(0.512 0.102 112.3)Colors that go with #686c19
Charcoal, Blue Violet and Champagne 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 body-text near-black for #686c19: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
complementaryshippedBlue Violet sits directly opposite #686c19 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #686c19 in 6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and BrandSweets's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #686c19 in 5 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Wellness, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #686c19 in 4 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #686c19 in 5 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Rust #b7410e
shippedRust is paired with #686c19 in 4 real palettes, including Harvest and Magazine Ochre, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedSage Green is paired with #686c19 in 7 real palettes, including Olive Grove and Homestead, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #686c19
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #686c19 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.6:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.75:1 | 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 #686c19 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
#686c19 reads as vivid, dark, luxury. 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 #686c19 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/686c19-b9bea2-4e8ddf-262d1f-f1eee9?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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