Greige
Open in tool →Grey-beige with a hint of olive — the interior-design neutral; the olive accent is the only thing that isn't a shade of nothing.
Color
#7b796b
#7b796b
hex
#7b796brgb
rgb(123, 121, 107)hsl
hsl(52, 7%, 45%)oklch
oklch(0.574 0.021 100.4)Closest name: Bank Vault (#757374)Relative luminance 0.1895
Colors that go with #7b796b
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 #7b796b without the hard edge of pure #000.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #7b796b, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #7b796b: 5 real palettes, including Riverbed and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #7b796b in 6 real palettes, including Five Guys's brand system and Netflix's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #7b796b: 8 real palettes, including Campus and Intel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #7b796b: 4 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Studio Grey, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #7b796b in 5 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Harvest, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Paramount+'s brand system and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #7b796b, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #7b796b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #7b796b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.38:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.79:1 | 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 #7b796b as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#7b796b reads as neutral, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #7b796b
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 #7b796b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/7b796b-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.
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