Color
#718e8d
#718e8drgb(113, 142, 141)hsl(178, 11%, 50%)oklch(0.624 0.033 193.7)Colors that go with #718e8d
Charcoal, Copper and Blush Pink 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 #718e8d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #718e8d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Estate put Blush Pink beside #718e8d, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #718e8d in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coastal, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #718e8d, as that palette's text colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #718e8d in 5 real palettes, including Diner and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #718e8d: 9 real palettes, including Dusk and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #718e8d, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #718e8d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #718e8d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.53:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.96:1 | 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 #718e8d 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.
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