Color
#8893bf
#8893bfrgb(136, 147, 191)hsl(228, 30%, 64%)oklch(0.671 0.067 273.6)Colors that go with #8893bf
Charcoal, Dark Goldenrod and Copper 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 #8893bf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
complementaryshippedDark Goldenrod sits directly opposite #8893bf on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #8893bf in 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Atelier, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #8893bf in 4 real palettes, including Open House and First Snow, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Peru #cd853f
split-complementshippedPeru is a split-complement of #8893bf: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedPowder Blue is paired with #8893bf in 4 real palettes, including First Snow and Ink Wash, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #8893bf in 15 real palettes, including Dusk and Retool's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #8893bf in 3 real palettes, including Blueprint and Calm's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #8893bf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8893bf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.01:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.97:1 | 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 #8893bf 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 #8893bf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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