Color
#6b8e8b
#6b8e8brgb(107, 142, 139)hsl(175, 14%, 49%)oklch(0.62 0.039 189.6)Colors that go with #6b8e8b
Charcoal, Copper and Burlywood 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 #6b8e8b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #6b8e8b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #6b8e8b in 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Kiln, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #6b8e8b, as that palette's text colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #6b8e8b in 6 real palettes, including Diner and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #6b8e8b: 10 real palettes, including Peacock and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #6b8e8b in 4 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #6b8e8b, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #6b8e8b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6b8e8b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.58:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.87:1 | 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 #6b8e8b 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 #6b8e8b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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