Graphite
Open in tool →A greyscale system with a single amber — the accent does all the work, so allow one per screen.
Color
#97a4aa
#97a4aa
hex
#97a4aargb
rgb(151, 164, 170)hsl
hsl(199, 10%, 63%)oklch
oklch(0.71 0.017 227.1)Closest name: Crown of Ash (#a1a9a9)Relative luminance 0.3603
Colors that go with #97a4aa
Charcoal, Blush Pink and Burlywood 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 #97a4aa without the hard edge of pure #000.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #97a4aa in 4 real palettes, including Estate and Garden Wedding, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #97a4aa in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #97a4aa in 4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Darkroom, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #97a4aa in 8 real palettes, including Riverbed and Dusk, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #97a4aa in 5 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Olive Grove, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #97a4aa in 4 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #97a4aa in 4 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Darkroom, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #97a4aa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #97a4aa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.56:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.21:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #97a4aa 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 #97a4aa
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 #97a4aa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/97a4aa-9cb3c4-df4e66-1f232d-e9f1f0?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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