Color
#a3ade6
#a3ade6rgb(163, 173, 230)hsl(231, 57%, 77%)oklch(0.76 0.083 276.5)Colors that go with #a3ade6
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Dark Khaki 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 #a3ade6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #a3ade6's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
complementaryshippedDark Khaki sits directly opposite #a3ade6 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 #a3ade6 in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #a3ade6, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a3ade6: 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Open House, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #a3ade6: 4 real palettes, including Opensea's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #a3ade6, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #a3ade6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a3ade6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.17:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.68:1 | 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 #a3ade6 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#a3ade6 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 #a3ade6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a3ade6-9c9ec4-df834e-231f2d-e9eef1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md