Color
#aea7be
#aea7bergb(174, 167, 190)hsl(258, 15%, 70%)oklch(0.742 0.034 299.5)Colors that go with #aea7be
Charcoal, Dark Khaki and 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 #aea7be: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
complementaryshippedDark Khaki sits directly opposite #aea7be on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Lexus's brand system put Blue beside #aea7be, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #aea7be in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #aea7be: 6 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Riverbed, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #aea7be: 4 real palettes, including Spline's brand system and Studio Grey, as the lead colour.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #aea7be in 4 real palettes, including Scale AI's brand system and Supabase's brand system, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #aea7be in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Pine & Birch, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #aea7be
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #aea7be as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.32:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.07:1 | 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 #aea7be as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#aea7be reads as cool, muted, 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 #aea7be and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/aea7be-ad9cc4-dfc44e-291f2d-e9ebf1?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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