Newsprint
Open in tool →Ink-black on warm paper with a single red — the broadsheet hierarchy that lets typography lead.
Color
#767474
#767474
hex
#767474rgb
rgb(118, 116, 116)hsl
hsl(0, 1%, 46%)oklch
oklch(0.561 0.002 17.2)Closest name: Bank Vault (#757374)Relative luminance 0.176
Colors that go with #767474
Charcoal, Blush Pink 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 that reads cleanly against #767474 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #767474, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped7 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #767474, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #767474: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #767474 in 6 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Retro Pop, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #767474: 8 real palettes, including Campus and Intel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #767474 in 6 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #767474 in 4 real palettes, including Indigo SaaS and Undergrowth, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #767474
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #767474 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.65:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.52:1 | 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 #767474 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Gallery
Open in tool →Near-monochrome with one burnt-orange highlight — an art director's default because it never competes with the work.
Graphite
Open in tool →A greyscale system with a single amber — the accent does all the work, so allow one per screen.
Graphite Mono
Open in tool →Five greys, no hue — the true monochrome; the accent is a lighter grey, so hierarchy comes from weight and size alone.
Greige
Open in tool →Grey-beige with a hint of olive — the interior-design neutral; the olive accent is the only thing that isn't a shade of nothing.
Fonts for this mood
#767474 reads as neutral, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #767474
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #767474 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/767474-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?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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