Color
#a498cd
#a498cdrgb(164, 152, 205)hsl(254, 35%, 70%)oklch(0.709 0.077 294.7)Colors that go with #a498cd
Charcoal, Amber and Deep Sky Blue 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 #a498cd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #a498cd in 4 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Blueprint, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #a498cd: 5 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a498cd: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #a498cd in 4 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Supabase's brand system, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
split-complementshippedMedium Sea Green is a split-complement of #a498cd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including First Snow and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #a498cd, as the text colour against it.
Periwinkle #ccccff
shippedPeriwinkle shows up next to #a498cd in 4 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and Calendly's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #a498cd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a498cd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.64:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.95:1 | 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 #a498cd as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#a498cd 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 #a498cd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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