Color

#8da2b4

#8da2b4
hex#8da2b4
rgbrgb(141, 162, 180)
hslhsl(208, 21%, 63%)
oklchoklch(0.702 0.035 244.2)
Closest name: Pewter (#8ba8b7)Relative luminance 0.348

Colors that go with #8da2b4

Charcoal, Peru and 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.

Real palettes that use #8da2b4

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#b49f8d

#8db4b3 · #8d8eb4

#b48da2 · #a2b48d

Split-complementary

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#b48d8e · #b4b38d

#b38db4 · #b49f8d · #8eb48d

Contrast

#8da2b4 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.64:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #5d778e as the text (4.67:1)
  • AAA: use #475a6c as the text (7.13:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #363636 (4.58:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #121212 (7.1:1)
Aaon black
7.96:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #8da2b4 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 #8da2b4
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 #8da2b4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/8da2b4-9cadc4-df4e51-1f212d-e9f1f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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