Color
#a3aead
#a3aeadrgb(163, 174, 173)hsl(175, 6%, 66%)oklch(0.742 0.012 190.3)Colors that go with #a3aead
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 #a3aead without the hard edge of pure #000.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #a3aead in 4 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Estate, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #a3aead in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #a3aead in 4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Bramble, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #a3aead in 6 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Riverbed, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #a3aead in 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Olive Grove, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #a3aead in 4 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDodger Blue is paired with #a3aead in 5 real palettes, including Spline's brand system and Studio Grey, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #a3aead
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a3aead as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.28:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.22:1 | 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 #a3aead as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a3aead reads as neutral, minimal. 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 #a3aead and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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