Ink Wash
Open in tool →Greys on near-black — the monochrome dark mode; keep everything a tint of white and the layout does the talking.
Named color
#d3dde4rgb(211, 221, 228)hsl(205, 24%, 86%)oklch(0.892 0.014 238)A Dime A Dozen on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the 2 public brands that use it and the palettes it appears in.
Charcoal, Amber 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.
Charcoal is the text near-black that reads cleanly against A Dime a Dozen without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber is paired with A Dime a Dozen in 21 real palettes, including Blueprint and Trailhead, as the accent.
47 real palettes, including Binance's brand system and Dropbox's brand system put Blue beside A Dime a Dozen, as the accent.
Blue Violet is paired with A Dime a Dozen in 12 real palettes, including Gemstone and ClickUp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
4 real palettes, including Nursery and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside A Dime a Dozen, as the lead colour.
5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Velvet put Brown beside A Dime a Dozen, as the accent.
5 real palettes, including Candlelight and Heinz's brand system put Burgundy beside A Dime a Dozen, as the lead colour.
Burlywood is paired with A Dime a Dozen in 8 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Velvet, as the accent.
| A Dime a Dozen as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.38:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.23:1 | 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 A Dime a Dozen as the background.
Greys on near-black — the monochrome dark mode; keep everything a tint of white and the layout does the talking.
A Dime a Dozen reads as cool, muted, 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 #d3dde4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/d3dde4-9cafc4-df4e58-1f212d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md