Color

#a8abbd

#a8abbd
hex#a8abbd
rgbrgb(168, 171, 189)
hslhsl(231, 14%, 70%)
oklchoklch(0.745 0.026 278.2)
Closest name: Nebulous December (#b3b2bf)Relative luminance 0.4112

Colors that go with #a8abbd

Charcoal, Blue 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#bdbaa8

#a8b6bd · #afa8bd

#bda8ab · #abbda8

Split-complementary

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#bdafa8 · #b6bda8

#bda8b6 · #bdbaa8 · #a8bdaf

Contrast

#a8abbd as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.28:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #6e7391 as the text (4.64:1)
  • AAA: use #53576e as the text (7.1:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #404040 (4.55:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #212121 (7.07:1)
Aaon black
9.22:1passpasspassPasses 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 #a8abbd as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#a8abbd reads as cool, muted, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #a8abbd
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 #a8abbd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/a8abbd-9c9ec4-df834e-231f2d-e9eef1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md