Color

#797d78

#797d78
hex#797d78
rgbrgb(121, 125, 120)
hslhsl(108, 2%, 48%)
oklchoklch(0.585 0.009 139.4)
Closest name: gray (#808080)Relative luminance 0.2009

Colors that go with #797d78

Charcoal, Blush Pink and Champagne 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.

Real palettes that use #797d78

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#7c787d

#7b7d78 · #787d79

#78797d · #7d7879

Split-complementary

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#79787d · #7d787b

#787b7d · #7c787d · #7d7978

Contrast

#797d78 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
4.19:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #717570 as the text (4.69:1)
  • AAA: use #565855 as the text (7.19:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #0f0f0f (4.58:1)
Aaon black
5.02:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #939692 as the text (7.02:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #797d78 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#797d78 reads as neutral, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #797d78
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #797d78 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/797d78-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md