Color
#808acb
#808acbrgb(128, 138, 203)hsl(232, 42%, 65%)oklch(0.651 0.098 276.6)Colors that go with #808acb
Charcoal, Amber and Blue 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 #808acb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #808acb in 8 real palettes, including Blueprint and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Qualcomm's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #808acb, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #808acb in 4 real palettes, including Marvel's brand system and Retro Pop, as the accent.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #808acb in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Playground, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #808acb: 8 real palettes, including Blueprint and Telegram's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #808acb: 9 real palettes, including Dusk and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
complementaryDark Goldenrod sits directly opposite #808acb on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #808acb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #808acb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.27:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.42:1 | 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 #808acb 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
#808acb reads as cool, modern. 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 #808acb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/808acb-9c9dc4-df864e-231f2d-e9eef1?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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