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Color
#81a5bb
#81a5bb
hex
#81a5bbrgb
rgb(129, 165, 187)hsl
hsl(203, 30%, 62%)oklch
oklch(0.703 0.051 235.3)Closest name: Pewter (#8ba8b7)Relative luminance 0.3517
Colors that go with #81a5bb
Charcoal, Peru and Amber 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 #81a5bb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Peru #cd853f
complementaryshippedPeru sits directly opposite #81a5bb on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #81a5bb in 4 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Lexus's brand system put Blue beside #81a5bb, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #81a5bb in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #81a5bb: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
analogousshippedCornflower Blue is #81a5bb's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #81a5bb in 4 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #81a5bb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #81a5bb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.61:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.03:1 | 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 #81a5bb 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
mcpConnect your agent — build around #81a5bb
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 #81a5bb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/81a5bb-9cb0c4-df4e5d-1f222d-e9f1f0?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