Color

#aaa1bf

#aaa1bf
hex#aaa1bf
rgbrgb(170, 161, 191)
hslhsl(258, 19%, 69%)
oklchoklch(0.726 0.044 299)
Closest name: Imperial Lilac (#a99fcf)Relative luminance 0.378

Colors that go with #aaa1bf

Charcoal, Burlywood and Copper 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 →

#b6bfa1

#a1a7bf · #b9a1bf

#bfaaa1 · #a1bfaa

Split-complementary

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#bfb9a1 · #a7bfa1

#bfa1a7 · #b6bfa1 · #a1bfb9

Contrast

#aaa1bf as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.45:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #7b6d9c as the text (4.66:1)
  • AAA: use #5e5379 as the text (7.02:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3b3b3b (4.57:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1a1a1a (7.09:1)
Aaon black
8.56:1passpasspassPasses 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 #aaa1bf as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

mcpConnect your agent — build around #aaa1bf
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 #aaa1bf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/aaa1bf-ad9cc4-dfc44e-291f2d-e9ebf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md