Color

#a7abb4

#a7abb4
hex#a7abb4
rgbrgb(167, 171, 180)
hslhsl(222, 8%, 68%)
oklchoklch(0.741 0.014 266.7)
Closest name: darkgray (#a9a9a9)Relative luminance 0.4064

Colors that go with #a7abb4

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 #a7abb4

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#b4b0a7

#a7b1b4 · #a9a7b4

#b4a7ab · #abb4a7

Split-complementary

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#b4a9a7 · #b1b4a7

#b4a7b1 · #b4b0a7 · #a7b4a9

Contrast

#a7abb4 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.3:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #717684 as the text (4.54:1)
  • AAA: use #545963 as the text (7.03:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #404040 (4.51:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1f1f1f (7.16:1)
Aaon black
9.13:1passpasspassPasses 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 #a7abb4 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#a7abb4 reads as muted, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #a7abb4
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 #a7abb4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/a7abb4-9ca3c4-df6e4e-211f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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