Color

#a4abb6

#a4abb6
hex#a4abb6
rgbrgb(164, 171, 182)
hslhsl(217, 11%, 68%)
oklchoklch(0.739 0.018 259.4)
Closest name: darkgray (#a9a9a9)Relative luminance 0.404

Colors that go with #a4abb6

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.

Real palettes that use #a4abb6

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#b6afa4

#a4b4b6 · #a7a4b6

#b6a4ab · #abb6a4

Split-complementary

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#b6a7a4 · #b4b6a4

#b6a4b4 · #b6afa4 · #a4b6a7

Contrast

#a4abb6 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.31:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #6d7788 as the text (4.52:1)
  • AAA: use #525966 as the text (7.05:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3d3d3d (4.7:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1f1f1f (7.13:1)
Aaon black
9.08:1passpasspassPasses 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 #a4abb6 as the background.

Brands using this color

mcpConnect your agent — build around #a4abb6
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #a4abb6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/a4abb6-9ca7c4-df624e-201f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md