Graphite
Open in tool →A greyscale system with a single amber — the accent does all the work, so allow one per screen.
Color
#78767frgb(120, 118, 127)hsl(253, 4%, 48%)oklch(0.571 0.014 296.1)Charcoal, Champagne 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 is the text near-black that reads cleanly against #78767f without the hard edge of pure #000.
6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #78767f, as that palette's text colour.
Designers have shipped Copper with #78767f: 6 real palettes, including Riverbed and Atelier, as the accent.
Crimson is paired with #78767f in 7 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Designers have shipped Denim with #78767f: 8 real palettes, including Campus and The New York Times's brand system, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod shows up next to #78767f in 6 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
8 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Lufthansa's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #78767f, as the supporting colour.
5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Peru beside #78767f, as the lead colour.
| #78767f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.47:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.7:1 | 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 #78767f as the background.
A greyscale system with a single amber — the accent does all the work, so allow one per screen.
Five greys, no hue — the true monochrome; the accent is a lighter grey, so hierarchy comes from weight and size alone.
#78767f reads as neutral, 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 #78767f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/78767f-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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