Color

#a1a583

#a1a583
hex#a1a583
rgbrgb(161, 165, 131)
hslhsl(67, 16%, 58%)
oklchoklch(0.71 0.048 113.1)
Closest name: Edamame (#9ca389)Relative luminance 0.3613

Colors that go with #a1a583

Charcoal, Lilac 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.

Real palettes that use #a1a583

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#8783a5

#a59883 · #90a583

#83a1a5 · #a583a1

Split-complementary

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#8390a5 · #9883a5

#83a598 · #8783a5 · #a58390

Contrast

#a1a583 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.55:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #757958 as the text (4.53:1)
  • AAA: use #565940 as the text (7.24:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #383838 (4.59:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #171717 (7.02:1)
Aaon black
8.23:1passpasspassPasses 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 #a1a583 as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

Palettes built around it

mcpConnect your agent — build around #a1a583
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #a1a583 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/a1a583-b8bea2-4e83df-262d1f-f1eee9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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