Still Water
Open in tool →Dusty teal and mist with a sand accent — low chroma, low contrast between colours, high contrast for text: the recipe for calm.
Color
#688aa1
#688aa1
hex
#688aa1rgb
rgb(104, 138, 161)hsl
hsl(204, 23%, 52%)oklch
oklch(0.616 0.052 238.3)Closest name: lightslategray (#778899)Relative luminance 0.2369
Colors that go with #688aa1
Charcoal, Copper 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 #688aa1: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #688aa1 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #688aa1: 5 real palettes, including Ink & Paper and Hershey's's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #688aa1 in 6 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Diner, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #688aa1: 4 real palettes, including Telegram's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #688aa1: 12 real palettes, including Campus and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #688aa1: 4 real palettes, including Honda's brand system and Newsprint, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #688aa1 in 4 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Noir Beauty, as the lead colour.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #688aa1 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.66:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.74:1 | 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 #688aa1 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #688aa1
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #688aa1 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/688aa1-9cafc4-df4e5a-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md