Color

#7c8b98

#7c8b98
hex#7c8b98
rgbrgb(124, 139, 152)
hslhsl(208, 12%, 54%)
oklchoklch(0.629 0.026 244.3)
Closest name: lightslategray (#778899)Relative luminance 0.2502

Colors that go with #7c8b98

Charcoal, Burlywood 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#98897c

#7c9897 · #7c7d98

#987c8b · #8b987c

Split-complementary

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#987c7d · #98977c

#977c98 · #98897c · #7d987c

Contrast

#7c8b98 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.5:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #677683 as the text (4.67:1)
  • AAA: use #4f5a64 as the text (7.05:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #212121 (4.6:1)
Aaon black
6:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #8a97a3 as the text (7.04:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #7c8b98 as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

mcpConnect your agent — build around #7c8b98
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 #7c8b98 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/7c8b98-9cadc4-df4e51-1f212d-e9f1f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md