Color
#b493aa
#b493aargb(180, 147, 170)hsl(318, 18%, 64%)oklch(0.701 0.051 337.3)Colors that go with #b493aa
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 #b493aa: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #b493aa: 8 real palettes, including Riverbed and Dusk, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b493aa: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #b493aa in 4 real palettes, including Darkroom and Canopy, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Open House and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #b493aa, as the text colour against it.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #b493aa: 4 real palettes, including Stone and Crypto.com's brand system, as the accent.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped5 real palettes, including Graphite and Riverbed put Slate Gray beside #b493aa, as the supporting colour.
Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f
complementaryDark Sea Green sits directly opposite #b493aa on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b493aa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.73:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.69:1 | 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 #b493aa as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#b493aa 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 #b493aa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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