Color
#688281
#688281rgb(104, 130, 129)hsl(178, 11%, 46%)oklch(0.586 0.03 193.5)Colors that go with #688281
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 #688281 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #688281, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #688281: 6 real palettes, including Riverbed and Atelier, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #688281 in 8 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #688281: 11 real palettes, including Campus and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #688281 in 6 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #688281, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped6 real palettes, including Kiln and Coffee Bar put Peru beside #688281, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #688281
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #688281 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.12:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.1:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #688281 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 #688281 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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