Color
#a3ebd8
#a3ebd8rgb(163, 235, 216)hsl(164, 64%, 78%)oklch(0.887 0.076 176.2)Colors that go with #a3ebd8
Charcoal, Lilac and Amber 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 #a3ebd8: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #a3ebd8 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 #a3ebd8 in 4 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Typewriter put Brown beside #a3ebd8, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #a3ebd8 in 6 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Coffee Bar, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #a3ebd8: 6 real palettes, including Estate and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #a3ebd8: 9 real palettes, including Bramble and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #a3ebd8 in 6 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #a3ebd8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a3ebd8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.36:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.43:1 | 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 #a3ebd8 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#a3ebd8 reads as vivid, 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 #a3ebd8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a3ebd8-a2beba-d459b5-1f2b2d-e9f1eb?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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