Color
#98acae
#98acaergb(152, 172, 174)hsl(185, 12%, 64%)oklch(0.73 0.022 204)Colors that go with #98acae
Charcoal, Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black that reads cleanly against #98acae without the hard edge of pure #000.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Lexus's brand system and Uber's brand system put Blue beside #98acae, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #98acae in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Darkroom put Champagne beside #98acae, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #98acae: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #98acae in 5 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Riot Games's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #98acae in 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Olive Grove, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #98acae: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #98acae
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #98acae as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.37:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.85:1 | 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 #98acae 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 #98acae and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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