Color
#78828c
#78828crgb(120, 130, 140)hsl(210, 8%, 51%)oklch(0.602 0.019 248.1)Colors that go with #78828c
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 #78828c without the hard edge of pure #000.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #78828c, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #78828c: 6 real palettes, including Atelier and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #78828c in 7 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #78828c: 10 real palettes, including Campus and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #78828c in 5 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #78828c, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped6 real palettes, including Kiln and Estate put Peru beside #78828c, as the lead colour.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #78828c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.91:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.37:1 | 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 #78828c as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#78828c 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.
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›analyze #78828c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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