Color
#a5a0ca
#a5a0cargb(165, 160, 202)hsl(247, 28%, 71%)oklch(0.724 0.061 290.3)Colors that go with #a5a0ca
Charcoal, Dark Khaki 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #a5a0ca: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
complementaryshippedDark Khaki sits directly opposite #a5a0ca on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #a5a0ca in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #a5a0ca: 5 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Max's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #a5a0ca: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #a5a0ca: 4 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Opensea's brand system, as the accent.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #a5a0ca in 4 real palettes, including Supabase's brand system and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including First Snow and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #a5a0ca, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #a5a0ca
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a5a0ca as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.48:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.48:1 | 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 #a5a0ca 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
#a5a0ca reads as cool, muted, light. 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 #a5a0ca and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a5a0ca-a59cc4-dfaa4e-271f2d-e9ecf1?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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