Color
#6c9599
#6c9599rgb(108, 149, 153)hsl(185, 18%, 51%)oklch(0.641 0.045 203.6)Colors that go with #6c9599
Charcoal, Copper and Blush Pink 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 #6c9599: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #6c9599: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #6c9599, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #6c9599 in 5 real palettes, including Diner and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #6c9599: 10 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #6c9599 in 4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Subaru's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #6c9599, as that palette's text colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #6c9599: 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and Stone, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #6c9599
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6c9599 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.28:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.4:1 | 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 #6c9599 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 #6c9599 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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