Color
#74a3a4
#74a3a4rgb(116, 163, 164)hsl(181, 21%, 55%)oklch(0.682 0.05 197.7)Colors that go with #74a3a4
Charcoal, Burlywood 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 for #74a3a4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #74a3a4 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Coastal, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #74a3a4: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #74a3a4 in 5 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Olive Grove, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #74a3a4: 5 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #74a3a4: 4 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Unity's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Open House and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #74a3a4, as the text colour against it.
Peru #cd853f
split-complementshippedPeru is a split-complement of #74a3a4: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #74a3a4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #74a3a4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.79:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.52:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #74a3a4 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 #74a3a4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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