Color
#6ca1bc
#6ca1bcrgb(108, 161, 188)hsl(200, 37%, 58%)oklch(0.682 0.069 231.2)Colors that go with #6ca1bc
Charcoal, Peru 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 #6ca1bc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Peru #cd853f
complementaryshippedPeru sits directly opposite #6ca1bc 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 #6ca1bc in 5 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Salesforce's brand system, as the lead colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #6ca1bc in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Coastal, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #6ca1bc: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #6ca1bc: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including Open House and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #6ca1bc, as the text colour against it.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #6ca1bc: 5 real palettes, including First Snow and Crypto.com's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #6ca1bc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6ca1bc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.81:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.46:1 | 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 #6ca1bc as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#6ca1bc reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #6ca1bc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/6ca1bc-9cb2c4-df4e64-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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