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Open in tool →Gold on midnight is the private-banking cue; the mint accent keeps it from feeling old-money stuffy.
Color
#848da9
#848da9
hex
#848da9rgb
rgb(132, 141, 169)hsl
hsl(225, 18%, 59%)oklch
oklch(0.646 0.043 271.1)Closest name: Cool Gray (#8c92ac)Relative luminance 0.2682
Colors that go with #848da9
Charcoal, Copper and Denim 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 #848da9: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #848da9: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #848da9: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #848da9, as the supporting colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #848da9: 4 real palettes, including Ink Wash and First Snow, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #848da9 in 21 real palettes, including Dusk and Typewriter, as the text colour against it.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
complementaryDark Goldenrod sits directly opposite #848da9 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
shipped3 real palettes, including Estate and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #848da9, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #848da9
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #848da9 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.3:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.36:1 | 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 #848da9 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 #848da9
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 #848da9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/848da9-9ca1c4-df754e-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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