Color
#659cae
#659caergb(101, 156, 174)hsl(195, 31%, 54%)oklch(0.661 0.064 220.6)Colors that go with #659cae
Charcoal, Terracotta and Blush Pink 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 for #659cae: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Terracotta #e2725b
complementaryshippedTerracotta sits directly opposite #659cae on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #659cae, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #659cae in 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Polaroid, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #659cae: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Atelier, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #659cae in 4 real palettes, including Diner and Retro Pop, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #659cae: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #659cae, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #659cae
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #659cae as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.03:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.92:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #659cae as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #659cae and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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