Color
#a0b0bb
#a0b0bbrgb(160, 176, 187)hsl(204, 17%, 68%)oklch(0.748 0.024 237.8)Colors that go with #a0b0bb
Charcoal, Blush Pink 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 #a0b0bb without the hard edge of pure #000.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Estate put Blush Pink beside #a0b0bb, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #a0b0bb in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Bramble put Champagne beside #a0b0bb, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #a0b0bb: 6 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Riverbed, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #a0b0bb in 4 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #a0b0bb: 4 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #a0b0bb: 4 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Opensea's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #a0b0bb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a0b0bb 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 #a0b0bb 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 #a0b0bb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a0b0bb-9cafc4-df4e5a-1f222d-e9f1f0?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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