Color

#8b95a2

#8b95a2
hex#8b95a2
rgbrgb(139, 149, 162)
hslhsl(214, 11%, 59%)
oklchoklch(0.666 0.022 255)
Closest name: Dark Ages (#9698a3)Relative luminance 0.2959

Colors that go with #8b95a2

Charcoal, Blush Pink and Burlywood 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.

Real palettes that use #8b95a2

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#a2988b

#8ba0a2 · #8c8ba2

#a28b95 · #95a28b

Split-complementary

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#a28c8b · #a0a28b

#a28ba0 · #a2988b · #8ba28c

Contrast

#8b95a2 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.04:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #6b7685 as the text (4.61:1)
  • AAA: use #4f5863 as the text (7.22:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #2b2b2b (4.66:1)
Aaon black
6.92:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #8e98a4 as the text (7.18:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8b95a2 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 #8b95a2
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #8b95a2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/8b95a2-9ca9c4-df5a4e-1f1f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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