Color
#778d8d
#778d8drgb(119, 141, 141)hsl(180, 9%, 51%)oklch(0.626 0.025 196.5)Colors that go with #778d8d
Charcoal, Blush Pink and Burlywood 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 #778d8d without the hard edge of pure #000.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Estate put Blush Pink beside #778d8d, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #778d8d in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coastal, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #778d8d, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #778d8d: 6 real palettes, including Atelier and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #778d8d in 5 real palettes, including Diner and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #778d8d: 8 real palettes, including Dusk and Campus, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #778d8d, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #778d8d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #778d8d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.51:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.98:1 | 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 #778d8d as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#778d8d 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 #778d8d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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