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Color
#81868d
#81868d
hex
#81868drgb
rgb(129, 134, 141)hsl
hsl(215, 5%, 53%)oklch
oklch(0.618 0.012 256.7)Closest name: Aluminium (#848789)Relative luminance 0.2364
Colors that go with #81868d
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 #81868d without the hard edge of pure #000.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #81868d, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #81868d: 5 real palettes, including Atelier and Clay & Linen, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #81868d in 5 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Diner, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #81868d: 8 real palettes, including Dusk and Campus, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #81868d in 4 real palettes, including Bookshop and Darkroom, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #81868d, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Kiln and Estate put Peru beside #81868d, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #81868d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #81868d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.67:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.73:1 | 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 #81868d 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
Fonts for this mood
#81868d reads as neutral, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #81868d
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 #81868d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/81868d-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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