Color
#74585b
#74585brgb(116, 88, 91)hsl(354, 14%, 40%)oklch(0.49 0.037 11.3)Colors that go with #74585b
Charcoal, Teal 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 body-text near-black for #74585b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #74585b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Darkroom put Champagne beside #74585b.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #74585b: 5 real palettes, including Bakery and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #74585b in 4 real palettes, including Harvest and Mid-Century, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #74585b in 4 real palettes, including Console Light and Undergrowth, as the accent.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Bakery and Coffee Bar put Peru beside #74585b, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #74585b in 5 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and GitHub's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #74585b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #74585b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.38:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.29:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #74585b as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#74585b reads as warm, muted, editorial. 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 #74585b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/74585b-c49d9c-62cb8e-2d241f-f1e9ee?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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