Color
#748b8a
#748b8argb(116, 139, 138)hsl(177, 9%, 50%)oklch(0.618 0.026 193.2)Colors that go with #748b8a
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 #748b8a without the hard edge of pure #000.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #748b8a, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #748b8a: 6 real palettes, including Atelier and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #748b8a in 5 real palettes, including Diner and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #748b8a: 8 real palettes, including Dusk and Campus, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #748b8a in 4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Subaru's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #748b8a, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Estate and Kiln put Peru beside #748b8a, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #748b8a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #748b8a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.62:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.8:1 | 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 #748b8a 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
#748b8a reads as muted, 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 #748b8a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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