Named color
Chimaera
#74626drgb(116, 98, 109)hsl(323, 8%, 42%)oklch(0.517 0.028 340.9)Chimaera on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the curated palettes it appears in and any public brand that adopts it.
Colors that go with Chimaera
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 Chimaera without the hard edge of pure #000.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped6 real palettes, including BrandSweets's brand system and Coffee Bar put Champagne beside Chimaera.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with Chimaera: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Dusk, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to Chimaera in 6 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Harvest, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with Chimaera in 4 real palettes, including Indigo SaaS and Undergrowth, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Lufthansa's brand system and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside Chimaera, as the lead colour.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Woodsmoke put Peru beside Chimaera, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with Chimaera in 5 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and GitHub's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use Chimaera
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Chimaera as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.66:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.71:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with Chimaera as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
Chimaera reads as muted, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #74626d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/74626d-c19fb0-6dcb62-2d1f22-f0e9f1?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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