Color
#b28aa6
#b28aa6rgb(178, 138, 166)hsl(318, 21%, 62%)oklch(0.68 0.062 337.5)Colors that go with #b28aa6
Charcoal, Copper and Denim 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 body-text near-black for #b28aa6: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b28aa6: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #b28aa6: 4 real palettes, including Stone and Ink Wash, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
complementaryCadet Blue sits directly opposite #b28aa6 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #b28aa6 in 3 real palettes, including Scale AI's brand system and Ledger Dark, as the lead colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #b28aa6 in 3 real palettes, including Open House and Noir Beauty, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #b28aa6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b28aa6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.97:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.08:1 | 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 #b28aa6 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
#b28aa6 reads as warm, muted, editorial. 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 #b28aa6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b28aa6-c19fb3-75cb62-2d1f23-f0e9f1?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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