Color
#688e9c
#688e9crgb(104, 142, 156)hsl(196, 21%, 51%)oklch(0.624 0.047 222.7)Colors that go with #688e9c
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 #688e9c: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #688e9c 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 #688e9c: 5 real palettes, including Ink & Paper and Hershey's's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #688e9c in 7 real palettes, including Diner and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #688e9c: 4 real palettes, including Telegram's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #688e9c: 13 real palettes, including Dusk and Campus, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #688e9c in 4 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Noir Beauty, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #688e9c, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #688e9c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #688e9c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.54:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.94:1 | 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 #688e9c 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 #688e9c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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