Color
#a0adbb
#a0adbbrgb(160, 173, 187)hsl(211, 17%, 68%)oklch(0.742 0.025 250.1)Colors that go with #a0adbb
Charcoal, Blue and Blush Pink 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 #a0adbb without the hard edge of pure #000.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #a0adbb in 4 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Lexus's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #a0adbb in 4 real palettes, including Estate and Garden Wedding, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #a0adbb in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #a0adbb in 4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Bramble, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #a0adbb in 6 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Riverbed, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #a0adbb in 4 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #a0adbb in 4 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #a0adbb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a0adbb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.29:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.19:1 | 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 #a0adbb as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #a0adbb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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