Graphite Mono
Open in tool →Five greys, no hue — the true monochrome; the accent is a lighter grey, so hierarchy comes from weight and size alone.
Color
#b3bec2
#b3bec2
hex
#b3bec2rgb
rgb(179, 190, 194)hsl
hsl(196, 11%, 73%)oklch
oklch(0.794 0.013 221.5)Closest name: Dust to Dust (#bbbcbc)Relative luminance 0.5031
Colors that go with #b3bec2
Charcoal, Champagne and Copper 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 #b3bec2 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Bramble put Champagne beside #b3bec2, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #b3bec2: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Desert Road, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #b3bec2: 5 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b3bec2: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Fitbit's brand system, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #b3bec2 in 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Canopy, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #b3bec2, as the text colour against it.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Kiln put Peru beside #b3bec2, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #b3bec2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b3bec2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.9:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.06:1 | 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 #b3bec2 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
#b3bec2 reads as cool, muted, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #b3bec2
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 #b3bec2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/b3bec2-9cb5c4-df4e6e-1f232d-e9f1ef?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