Color

#a3aabd

#a3aabd
hex#a3aabd
rgbrgb(163, 170, 189)
hslhsl(224, 16%, 69%)
oklchoklch(0.739 0.028 269.6)
Closest name: darkgray (#a9a9a9)Relative luminance 0.4021

Colors that go with #a3aabd

Charcoal, Blue 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#bdb6a3

#a3b7bd · #a9a3bd

#bda3aa · #aabda3

Split-complementary

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#bda9a3 · #b7bda3

#bda3b7 · #bdb6a3 · #a3bda9

Contrast

#a3aabd as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.32:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #6b7694 as the text (4.52:1)
  • AAA: use #4f576d as the text (7.2:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3d3d3d (4.68:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1f1f1f (7.1:1)
Aaon black
9.04:1passpasspassPasses 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 #a3aabd as the background.

Brands using this color

mcpConnect your agent — build around #a3aabd
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 #a3aabd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/a3aabd-9ca2c4-df724e-221f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md