Color
#748e9a
#748e9argb(116, 142, 154)hsl(199, 16%, 53%)oklch(0.631 0.035 227.6)Colors that go with #748e9a
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 #748e9a: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #748e9a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #748e9a in 4 real palettes, including Estate and Rain Garden, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #748e9a in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coastal, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #748e9a in 4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #748e9a in 4 real palettes, including Diner and Retro Pop, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #748e9a in 7 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #748e9a in 7 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #748e9a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #748e9a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.45:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.08:1 | 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 #748e9a 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 #748e9a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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