Color
#6c997b
#6c997brgb(108, 153, 123)hsl(140, 18%, 51%)oklch(0.642 0.066 154.9)Colors that go with #6c997b
Charcoal, Blue 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 #6c997b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Lexus's brand system put Blue beside #6c997b, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Estate put Blush Pink beside #6c997b, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #6c997b: 7 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Wellness, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #6c997b in 6 real palettes, including Diner and DuckDuckGo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #6c997b in 5 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Undergrowth, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #6c997b: 8 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Pale Violet Red #db7093
complementaryPale Violet Red sits directly opposite #6c997b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #6c997b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6c997b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.24:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.48:1 | 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 #6c997b 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 #6c997b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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