Graphite
Open in tool →A greyscale system with a single amber — the accent does all the work, so allow one per screen.
Color
#9da4af
#9da4af
hex
#9da4afrgb
rgb(157, 164, 175)hsl
hsl(217, 10%, 65%)oklch
oklch(0.717 0.018 259.4)Closest name: Crown of Ash (#a1a9a9)Relative luminance 0.3681
Colors that go with #9da4af
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 #9da4af without the hard edge of pure #000.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #9da4af, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #9da4af in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Darkroom put Champagne beside #9da4af, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #9da4af: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Dusk, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #9da4af: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #9da4af: 4 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Spline's brand system, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #9da4af in 4 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Darkroom, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #9da4af
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #9da4af as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.51:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.36:1 | 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 #9da4af 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 #9da4af
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 #9da4af and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/9da4af-9ca7c4-df624e-201f2d-e9f0f1?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