Color
#898dbe
#898dbergb(137, 141, 190)hsl(235, 29%, 64%)oklch(0.658 0.073 280.6)Colors that go with #898dbe
Charcoal, Amber and Deep Sky 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 #898dbe: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #898dbe in 6 real palettes, including Blueprint and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #898dbe: 5 real palettes, including Blueprint and Telegram's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #898dbe: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Plaid's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #898dbe, as the supporting colour.
Peru #cd853f
split-complementshippedPeru is a split-complement of #898dbe: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #898dbe: 5 real palettes, including First Snow and Ink Wash, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #898dbe in 7 real palettes, including Sephora's brand system and Roblox's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #898dbe
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #898dbe as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.17:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.62:1 | 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 #898dbe 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 #898dbe and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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