Color
#ad9cba
#ad9cbargb(173, 156, 186)hsl(274, 18%, 67%)oklch(0.717 0.047 310.5)Colors that go with #ad9cba
Charcoal, Copper and Crimson 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 #ad9cba: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #ad9cba: 7 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ad9cba in 4 real palettes, including JBL's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #ad9cba: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #ad9cba in 5 real palettes, including Scale AI's brand system and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #ad9cba in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Darkroom, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Open House and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #ad9cba, as the text colour against it.
Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f
complementaryDark Sea Green sits directly opposite #ad9cba on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #ad9cba
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ad9cba as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.55:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.24:1 | 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 #ad9cba as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #ad9cba and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ad9cba-b79cc4-c2cb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?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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