Color
#a2adb9
#a2adb9rgb(162, 173, 185)hsl(211, 14%, 68%)oklch(0.743 0.021 250.4)Colors that go with #a2adb9
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 #a2adb9 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Lexus's brand system put Blue beside #a2adb9, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #a2adb9, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #a2adb9 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Bramble put Champagne beside #a2adb9, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #a2adb9: 6 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Riverbed, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #a2adb9 in 6 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and JBL's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a2adb9: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #a2adb9
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a2adb9 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.28:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.21:1 | 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 #a2adb9 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 #a2adb9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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