Color
#6ca3a0
#6ca3a0rgb(108, 163, 160)hsl(177, 23%, 53%)oklch(0.676 0.058 191.5)Colors that go with #6ca3a0
Charcoal, Burlywood and Copper 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 #6ca3a0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #6ca3a0 in 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Polaroid, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #6ca3a0: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #6ca3a0 in 5 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Forest Floor, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #6ca3a0: 5 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Open House and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #6ca3a0, as the text colour against it.
Peru #cd853f
split-complementshippedPeru is a split-complement of #6ca3a0: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #6ca3a0: 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and First Snow, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #6ca3a0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6ca3a0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.84:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.38:1 | 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 #6ca3a0 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 #6ca3a0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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