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Color
#818992
#818992
hex
#818992rgb
rgb(129, 137, 146)hsl
hsl(212, 7%, 54%)oklch
oklch(0.626 0.016 251.2)Closest name: Aluminium (#848789)Relative luminance 0.2463
Colors that go with #818992
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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black that reads cleanly against #818992 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #818992 in 4 real palettes, including Kiln and Coastal, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #818992, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #818992: 5 real palettes, including Atelier and Dusk, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #818992: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Campus, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #818992, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped5 real palettes, including Estate and Kiln put Peru beside #818992, as the lead colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #818992: 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and Stone, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #818992
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #818992 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.54:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.93:1 | 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 #818992 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
#818992 reads as neutral, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #818992
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 #818992 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/818992-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.
Machine-readable: color.md