Color
#6997b0
#6997b0rgb(105, 151, 176)hsl(201, 31%, 55%)oklch(0.653 0.062 232.7)Colors that go with #6997b0
Charcoal, Peru 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 for #6997b0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Peru #cd853f
complementaryshippedPeru sits directly opposite #6997b0 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #6997b0: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Atelier, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #6997b0: 8 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including Open House and SoFi's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #6997b0, as the text colour against it.
Orange #ffa500
shipped5 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Graphite put Orange beside #6997b0, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #6997b0: 5 real palettes, including Ink Wash and First Snow, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #6997b0 in 8 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Elastic's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #6997b0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6997b0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.16:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.65:1 | 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 #6997b0 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 #6997b0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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