Graphite Mono
Open in tool →Five greys, no hue — the true monochrome; the accent is a lighter grey, so hierarchy comes from weight and size alone.
Color
#79787d
#79787d
hex
#79787drgb
rgb(121, 120, 125)hsl
hsl(252, 2%, 48%)oklch
oklch(0.575 0.008 295.3)Closest name: Bank Vault (#757374)Relative luminance 0.1898
Colors that go with #79787d
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 #79787d without the hard edge of pure #000.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #79787d in 5 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Coffee Bar, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #79787d in 6 real palettes, including Riverbed and Atelier, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #79787d in 4 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Netflix's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #79787d in 4 real palettes, including Campus and Netflix's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #79787d in 6 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #79787d in 4 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Fintech Trust, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Peru #cd853f
shippedPeru is paired with #79787d in 5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #79787d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #79787d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.38:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.8:1 | 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 #79787d as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#79787d reads as neutral, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #79787d
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #79787d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/79787d-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.
Machine-readable: color.md