Arctic
Open in tool →Navy type on white with an ice-blue accent: crisp and corporate without going grey.
Color
#808f9d
#808f9d
hex
#808f9drgb
rgb(128, 143, 157)hsl
hsl(209, 13%, 56%)oklch
oklch(0.643 0.027 246.4)Closest name: Cavolo Nero (#72939e)Relative luminance 0.2667
Colors that go with #808f9d
Charcoal, Blush Pink 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 #808f9d without the hard edge of pure #000.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #808f9d, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #808f9d: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Atelier, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #808f9d: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #808f9d, as the supporting colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #808f9d: 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and Stone, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #808f9d in 4 real palettes, including Slate Workspace and Sephora's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #808f9d in 24 real palettes, including Dusk and Typewriter, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #808f9d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #808f9d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.32:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.33:1 | 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 #808f9d as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #808f9d
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 #808f9d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/808f9d-9cacc4-df4e4e-1f212d-e9f1f1?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