Color
#898fb3
#898fb3rgb(137, 143, 179)hsl(231, 22%, 62%)oklch(0.658 0.054 277.4)Colors that go with #898fb3
Charcoal, Amber 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 #898fb3: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #898fb3 in 4 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Ahrefs's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #898fb3: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Atelier, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #898fb3: 4 real palettes, including Telegram's brand system and Snowflake AI Data Cloud's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #898fb3: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Open House and Plaid's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #898fb3, as the text colour against it.
Peru #cd853f
split-complementshippedPeru is a split-complement of #898fb3: 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 #898fb3: 5 real palettes, including Ink Wash and First Snow, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #898fb3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #898fb3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.16:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.64:1 | 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 #898fb3 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 #898fb3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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