Color
#9ca28b
#9ca28brgb(156, 162, 139)hsl(76, 11%, 59%)oklch(0.701 0.033 119.1)Colors that go with #9ca28b
Charcoal, Lilac and Blush Pink 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 body-text near-black for #9ca28b: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #9ca28b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Estate put Blush Pink beside #9ca28b, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #9ca28b in 5 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including Darkroom and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #9ca28b, as the surface under it.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #9ca28b: 8 real palettes, including Riverbed and Bakery, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #9ca28b in 6 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Olive Grove, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #9ca28b: 4 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Spline's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #9ca28b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9ca28b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.64:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.95:1 | 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 #9ca28b as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #9ca28b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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