Color
#98a6eb
#98a6ebrgb(152, 166, 235)hsl(230, 67%, 76%)oklch(0.741 0.101 274.9)Colors that go with #98a6eb
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Dark Khaki 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 #98a6eb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #98a6eb's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
complementaryshippedDark Khaki sits directly opposite #98a6eb 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 #98a6eb in 5 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #98a6eb, as the accent.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #98a6eb in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #98a6eb: 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Open House, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including First Snow and Lavender Milk put Midnight Blue beside #98a6eb, as the text colour against it.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #98a6eb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.34:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.99:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes 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 #98a6eb as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#98a6eb reads as cool, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #98a6eb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/98a6eb-9c9ec4-df814e-231f2d-e9eef1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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