Color
#8992bd
#8992bdrgb(137, 146, 189)hsl(230, 28%, 64%)oklch(0.668 0.065 275.3)Colors that go with #8992bd
Charcoal, Dark Goldenrod 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 #8992bd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Goldenrod #b8860b
complementaryshippedDark Goldenrod sits directly opposite #8992bd 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 #8992bd in 5 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #8992bd in 4 real palettes, including Klarna US's brand system and Circuit, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #8992bd: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Atelier, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #8992bd: 5 real palettes, including Telegram's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8992bd: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Open House and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #8992bd, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #8992bd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8992bd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.04:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.91:1 | 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 #8992bd 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 #8992bd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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