Color
#71878e
#71878ergb(113, 135, 142)hsl(194, 11%, 50%)oklch(0.608 0.027 219)Colors that go with #71878e
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 #71878e without the hard edge of pure #000.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #71878e, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #71878e: 6 real palettes, including Atelier and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #71878e in 7 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Diner, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #71878e: 11 real palettes, including Campus and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #71878e in 5 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #71878e, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped6 real palettes, including Estate and Kiln put Peru beside #71878e, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #71878e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #71878e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.78:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.56:1 | 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 #71878e 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 #71878e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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