Color

#a4acbc

#a4acbc
hex#a4acbc
rgbrgb(164, 172, 188)
hslhsl(220, 15%, 69%)
oklchoklch(0.743 0.025 264.4)
Closest name: darkgray (#a9a9a9)Relative luminance 0.4103

Colors that go with #a4acbc

Charcoal, Blue and Blush Pink 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#bcb4a4

#a4b8bc · #a8a4bc

#bca4ac · #acbca4

Split-complementary

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#bca8a4 · #b8bca4

#bca4b8 · #bcb4a4 · #a4bca8

Contrast

#a4acbc as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.28:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #6a7790 as the text (4.51:1)
  • AAA: use #4e576a as the text (7.25:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #404040 (4.55:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #212121 (7.06:1)
Aaon black
9.21:1passpasspassPasses 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 #a4acbc as the background.

Brands using this color

mcpConnect your agent — build around #a4acbc
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 #a4acbc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/a4acbc-9ca5c4-df694e-211f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md