Color
#a9ade0
#a9ade0rgb(169, 173, 224)hsl(236, 47%, 77%)oklch(0.762 0.073 281)Colors that go with #a9ade0
Charcoal, Dark Khaki and Deep Sky 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 text near-black for #a9ade0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
complementaryshippedDark Khaki sits directly opposite #a9ade0 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #a9ade0: 4 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #a9ade0, as the text colour against it.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #a9ade0: 6 real palettes, including Crypto.com's brand system and First Snow, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #a9ade0 in 5 real palettes, including 1password's brand system and Telehealth, as the accent.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped9 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Still Water put Slate Gray beside #a9ade0, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #a9ade0 in 21 real palettes, including Raycast's brand system and Still Water, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #a9ade0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a9ade0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.16:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.74:1 | 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 #a9ade0 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
#a9ade0 reads as cool, 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 #a9ade0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a9ade0-9e9cc4-df8f4e-241f2d-e9eef1?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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