Color
#aba8b8
#aba8b8rgb(171, 168, 184)hsl(251, 10%, 69%)oklch(0.739 0.023 294.4)Colors that go with #aba8b8
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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black that reads cleanly against #aba8b8 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Lexus's brand system and Uber's brand system put Blue beside #aba8b8, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #aba8b8 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #aba8b8: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #aba8b8: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #aba8b8: 4 real palettes, including Spline's brand system and Studio Grey, as the lead colour.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #aba8b8 in 4 real palettes, including Scale AI's brand system and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #aba8b8 in 4 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Canopy, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #aba8b8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #aba8b8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.33:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.02:1 | 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 #aba8b8 as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #aba8b8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/aba8b8-a89cc4-dfb34e-281f2d-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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