Color
#787d7c
#787d7crgb(120, 125, 124)hsl(168, 2%, 48%)oklch(0.585 0.006 182.9)Colors that go with #787d7c
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 #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black that reads cleanly against #787d7c without the hard edge of pure #000.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside #787d7c, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #787d7c: 6 real palettes, including Atelier and Riverbed, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #787d7c in 7 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #787d7c: 8 real palettes, including Campus and Intel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #787d7c: 4 real palettes, including Newsprint and Honda's brand system, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #787d7c in 5 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Paramount+'s brand system put Midnight Blue beside #787d7c, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #787d7c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #787d7c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.18:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.02:1 | 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 #787d7c as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#787d7c 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 #787d7c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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