Color
#686c9c
#686c9crgb(104, 108, 156)hsl(235, 21%, 51%)oklch(0.547 0.075 279.9)Colors that go with #686c9c
Charcoal, Amber and Cobalt Blue 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 #686c9c: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #686c9c in 6 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #686c9c: 7 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #686c9c in 14 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Retro Pop, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #686c9c: 5 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Deep Water, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #686c9c: 12 real palettes, including Campus and The New York Times's brand system, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #686c9c: 5 real palettes, including Honda's brand system and Wendy's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #686c9c 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 #686c9c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #686c9c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.98:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.21:1 | 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 #686c9c 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 #686c9c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/686c9c-9e9cc4-df8d4e-241f2d-e9eef1?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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