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Named color
Explosive Grey
#c4c4c4
hex
#c4c4c4rgb
rgb(196, 196, 196)hsl
hsl(0, 0%, 77%)oklch
oklch(0.82 0 0)Relative luminance 0.552
Explosive Grey 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 Explosive Grey
Charcoal, Copper and Crimson 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 Explosive Grey without the hard edge of pure #000.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with Explosive Grey: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with Explosive Grey in 4 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Frost & Ember, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to Explosive Grey in 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Forest Floor, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with Explosive Grey: 7 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Mistral AI's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with Explosive Grey: 4 real palettes, including Fitbit's brand system and Victoria's Secret's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant shows up next to Explosive Grey in 4 real palettes, including Sepia Mono and Blush, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including First Snow and Allbirds's brand system put Midnight Blue beside Explosive Grey, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use Explosive Grey
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Explosive Grey as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.74:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.04:1 | 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 Explosive Grey 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
Explosive Grey reads as neutral, light, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Explosive Grey
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 #c4c4c4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/c4c4c4-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?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