Color
#aaa3eb
#aaa3ebrgb(170, 163, 235)hsl(246, 64%, 78%)oklch(0.748 0.103 288.1)Colors that go with #aaa3eb
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 #aaa3eb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
complementaryshippedDark Khaki sits directly opposite #aaa3eb 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
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #aaa3eb's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #aaa3eb in 6 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and Lavender Haze, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Periwinkle #ccccff
shippedPeriwinkle is paired with #aaa3eb in 4 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and Calendly's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #aaa3eb in 6 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Graphite, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #aaa3eb in 10 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and Raycast's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
split-complementshippedGoldenrod is a split-complement of #aaa3eb: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #aaa3eb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #aaa3eb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.3:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.15:1 | 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 #aaa3eb 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
#aaa3eb reads as cool, vivid, 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 #aaa3eb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/aaa3eb-a59cc4-dfa74e-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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