Color
#6aa3af
#6aa3afrgb(106, 163, 175)hsl(190, 30%, 55%)oklch(0.681 0.062 212.4)Colors that go with #6aa3af
Charcoal, Terracotta and Amber 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 #6aa3af: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Terracotta #e2725b
complementaryshippedTerracotta sits directly opposite #6aa3af on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #6aa3af in 4 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #6aa3af in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Coastal, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #6aa3af: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #6aa3af in 5 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Olive Grove, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #6aa3af: 5 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #6aa3af: 4 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Patreon's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #6aa3af
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6aa3af as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.81:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.47:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #6aa3af 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 #6aa3af and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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