#797273 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	4.7:1	pass	pass	fail	AAA: use #5c5757 as the text (7.1:1)
Aaon black	4.47:1	fail	pass	fail	AA: use #7b7475 as the text (4.6:1) AAA: use #9c9697 as the text (7.22:1) AA: or shift the background to #fafafa (4.5:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #797273 as the background.

Brands using this color

Notiongray · #787774 · Δ1.417

Palettes built around it

b91c1c 78716c d97706 f5f1ea 1c1917

Newsprint

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Ink-black on warm paper with a single red — the broadsheet hierarchy that lets typography lead.

Editorial Muted Warm

171717 737373 c2410c ffffff

Gallery

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Near-monochrome with one burnt-orange highlight — an art director's default because it never competes with the work.

Editorial Minimal Light

a1a1aa 71717a f59e0b 18181b f4f4f5

Graphite

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A greyscale system with a single amber — the accent does all the work, so allow one per screen.

Technical Muted Dark Modern

Fonts for this mood

#797273 reads as neutral, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Neutral fonts →Minimal fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #797273

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #797273 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/797273-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md