Color
#a0add4
#a0add4rgb(160, 173, 212)hsl(225, 38%, 73%)oklch(0.751 0.058 270.5)Colors that go with #a0add4
Charcoal, Sand and Amber 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 #a0add4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sand #c2b280
complementaryshippedSand sits directly opposite #a0add4 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 #a0add4 in 4 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #a0add4: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #a0add4 in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and PayPal's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #a0add4: 4 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including First Snow and Lavender Milk put Midnight Blue beside #a0add4, as the text colour against it.
Periwinkle #ccccff
shippedPeriwinkle shows up next to #a0add4 in 4 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and Calendly's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #a0add4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a0add4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.23:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.42:1 | 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 #a0add4 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
#a0add4 reads as cool, light, clean. 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 #a0add4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a0add4-9ca1c4-df754e-221f2d-e9eff1?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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