Color
#788dba
#788dbargb(120, 141, 186)hsl(221, 32%, 60%)oklch(0.644 0.072 265.1)Colors that go with #788dba
Charcoal, Copper and Medium Sea Green 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 #788dba: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #788dba: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
triadicshippedMedium Sea Green completes a triad with #788dba — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
complementaryshippedDark Goldenrod sits directly opposite #788dba 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 #788dba in 7 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #788dba, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #788dba in 4 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Marvel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #788dba in 4 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #788dba
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #788dba as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.32:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.32:1 | 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 #788dba as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #788dba and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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