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Named color
Herring Silver
#c6c8cf
hex
#c6c8cfrgb
rgb(198, 200, 207)hsl
hsl(227, 9%, 79%)oklch
oklch(0.833 0.01 273.3)Relative luminance 0.5782
Herring Silver 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 Herring Silver
Charcoal, Crimson and Dark Olive Green 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 Herring Silver without the hard edge of pure #000.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with Herring Silver 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 Herring Silver in 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Forest Floor, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with Herring Silver: 7 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Mistral AI's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant shows up next to Herring Silver in 4 real palettes, including Sepia Mono and Blush, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with Herring Silver in 5 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Canopy, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including First Snow and Lavender Milk put Midnight Blue beside Herring Silver, as the text colour against it.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Kiln put Peru beside Herring Silver, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use Herring Silver
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Herring Silver as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.67:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.56:1 | 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 Herring Silver 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
Herring Silver reads as muted, light, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Herring Silver
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 #c6c8cf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/c6c8cf-9ca0c4-df7a4e-221f2d-e9eff1?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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