#868d8a as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	3.39:1	fail	pass	fail	AA: use #6f7673 as the text (4.65:1) AAA: use #545957 as the text (7.13:1) AA: or shift the background to #242424 (4.58:1)
Aaon black	6.19:1	pass	pass	fail	AAA: use #919794 as the text (7.06:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #868d8a 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

d4af37 8a8a8a c0392b 0d0d0d f5f5f5

Noir Beauty

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Black, gold and one deep red — the prestige cosmetics counter: all restraint and a single lipstick.

Dark Luxury BoldBeauty

1a1a1a 8c8c8c 3a86ff f2f2f2

Studio Grey

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A pure greyscale with a single electric blue — the portfolio palette that makes work look considered.

Minimal Muted Modern

Fonts for this mood

#868d8a reads as neutral, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Neutral fonts →Minimal fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #868d8a

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #868d8a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/868d8a-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md