Ledger Dark
Open in tool →Gold on midnight is the private-banking cue; the mint accent keeps it from feeling old-money stuffy.
Color
#818698rgb(129, 134, 152)hsl(227, 10%, 55%)oklch(0.622 0.028 273.3)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 is the text near-black that reads cleanly against #818698 without the hard edge of pure #000.
4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #818698, as that palette's text colour.
Designers have shipped Copper with #818698: 5 real palettes, including Atelier and Dusk, as the accent.
Crimson is paired with #818698 in 4 real palettes, including Retro Pop and Diner, as the lead colour.
Designers have shipped Denim with #818698: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Campus, as the lead colour.
9 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #818698, as the supporting colour.
5 real palettes, including Estate and Kiln put Peru beside #818698, as the lead colour.
Designers have shipped Powder Blue with #818698: 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and Stone, as the lead colour.
| #818698 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.62:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.8:1 | 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 #818698 as the background.
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #818698 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/818698-9ca0c4-df7a4e-221f2d-e9eff1?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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