Color
#a4da9a
#a4da9argb(164, 218, 154)hsl(111, 46%, 73%)oklch(0.835 0.104 140.6)Colors that go with #a4da9a
Charcoal, Plum and Cadet 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 body-text near-black for #a4da9a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #a4da9a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #a4da9a: 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Estate, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #a4da9a in 6 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #a4da9a in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Neon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Lilac #c8a2c8
split-complementshippedLilac is a split-complement of #a4da9a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #a4da9a in 4 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Gatorade's brand system, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #a4da9a: 7 real palettes, including Scale AI's brand system and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #a4da9a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a4da9a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.61:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.07:1 | 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 #a4da9a 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
#a4da9a reads as 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 #a4da9a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a4da9a-a3bea2-834edf-1f2d23-eef1e9?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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