Graphite Mono
Open in tool →Five greys, no hue — the true monochrome; the accent is a lighter grey, so hierarchy comes from weight and size alone.
Color
#717a73
#717a73
hex
#717a73rgb
rgb(113, 122, 115)hsl
hsl(133, 4%, 46%)oklch
oklch(0.57 0.015 152.4)Closest name: Ecological (#677f70)Relative luminance 0.1867
Colors that go with #717a73
Charcoal, Champagne 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 that reads cleanly against #717a73 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #717a73, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #717a73: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Wellness, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #717a73 in 8 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Five Guys's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #717a73: 9 real palettes, including Campus and Intel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #717a73: 4 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Notion's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #717a73 in 6 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Paramount+'s brand system and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #717a73, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #717a73
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #717a73 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.44:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.73:1 | 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 #717a73 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#717a73 reads as neutral, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #717a73
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #717a73 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/717a73-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?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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