Color
#73839c
#73839crgb(115, 131, 156)hsl(217, 17%, 53%)oklch(0.606 0.043 259.3)Colors that go with #73839c
Charcoal, Copper and Champagne 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 #73839c: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #73839c on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #73839c, as that palette's text colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #73839c: 4 real palettes, including Ink & Paper and Fintech Trust, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #73839c in 6 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #73839c: 11 real palettes, including Campus and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #73839c: 4 real palettes, including Newsprint and Honda's brand system, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #73839c in 5 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Noir Beauty, as the lead colour.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #73839c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.85:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.46:1 | 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 #73839c as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #73839c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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