Color
#717e6d
#717e6drgb(113, 126, 109)hsl(106, 7%, 46%)oklch(0.577 0.03 138.3)Colors that go with #717e6d
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 #717e6d without the hard edge of pure #000.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #717e6d, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #717e6d: 6 real palettes, including Riverbed and Wellness, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #717e6d in 7 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #717e6d: 7 real palettes, including Campus and Intel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #717e6d: 4 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Notion's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #717e6d in 5 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Harvest, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Paramount+'s brand system and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #717e6d, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #717e6d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #717e6d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.28:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.91:1 | 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 #717e6d 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
#717e6d reads as neutral, minimal. 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 #717e6d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/717e6d-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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