Color
#a3bbbd
#a3bbbdrgb(163, 187, 189)hsl(185, 16%, 69%)oklch(0.775 0.026 202.8)Colors that go with #a3bbbd
Charcoal, Champagne and Copper 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 #a3bbbd without the hard edge of pure #000.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shippedChampagne is paired with #a3bbbd in 5 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 #a3bbbd in 6 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Desert Road, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #a3bbbd in 4 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Frost & Ember, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #a3bbbd in 6 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #a3bbbd in 5 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a3bbbd in 4 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Desert Road, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #a3bbbd in 7 real palettes, including First Snow and Open House, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #a3bbbd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a3bbbd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.02:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.4:1 | 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 #a3bbbd as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #a3bbbd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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