Dusty Blue
Open in tool →Dusty blue and mist with a nude accent — the quiet wedding palette; nothing here competes with a photograph.
Color
#778eb6
#778eb6
hex
#778eb6rgb
rgb(119, 142, 182)hsl
hsl(218, 30%, 59%)oklch
oklch(0.644 0.066 261.3)Closest name: Galactic Gossamer (#7f8cb8)Relative luminance 0.2665
Colors that go with #778eb6
Charcoal, Copper and Dark Goldenrod 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 #778eb6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #778eb6: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
complementaryshippedDark Goldenrod sits directly opposite #778eb6 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #778eb6 in 6 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #778eb6: 5 real palettes, including Snowflake AI Data Cloud's brand system and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #778eb6: 9 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #778eb6, as the supporting colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #778eb6 in 4 real palettes, including Launch Orange and Cursor's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #778eb6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #778eb6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.32:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.33:1 | 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 #778eb6 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #778eb6
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 #778eb6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/778eb6-9ca6c4-df644e-201f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md