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
#7e7779
#7e7779
hex
#7e7779rgb
rgb(126, 119, 121)hsl
hsl(343, 3%, 48%)oklch
oklch(0.576 0.009 358)Closest name: Bank Vault (#757374)Relative luminance 0.1901
Colors that go with #7e7779
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 #7e7779 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Champagne beside #7e7779, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #7e7779: 6 real palettes, including Atelier and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #7e7779 in 5 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #7e7779: 8 real palettes, including Campus and Intel's brand system, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #7e7779 in 5 real palettes, including Noir Beauty and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Lufthansa's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #7e7779, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Peru beside #7e7779, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #7e7779
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #7e7779 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.37:1 | 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 #7e7779 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#7e7779 reads as neutral, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #7e7779
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 #7e7779 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/7e7779-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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