Color
#688a8d
#688a8drgb(104, 138, 141)hsl(185, 15%, 48%)oklch(0.609 0.038 203)Colors that go with #688a8d
Charcoal, Copper 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 text near-black for #688a8d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #688a8d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #688a8d, as that palette's text colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #688a8d: 4 real palettes, including Ink & Paper and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #688a8d in 7 real palettes, including Diner and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #688a8d: 12 real palettes, including Campus and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #688a8d in 5 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #688a8d, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #688a8d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #688a8d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.74:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.61:1 | 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 #688a8d 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 #688a8d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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