Color

#b6aebc

#b6aebc
hex#b6aebc
rgbrgb(182, 174, 188)
hslhsl(274, 9%, 71%)
oklchoklch(0.762 0.022 311)
Closest name: Nebulous December (#b3b2bf)Relative luminance 0.4385

Colors that go with #b6aebc

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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#b4bcae

#afaebc · #bcaebb

#bcb6ae · #aebcb6

Split-complementary

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#bbbcae · #aebcaf

#bcafae · #b4bcae · #aebbbc

Contrast

#b6aebc as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.15:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #7e7288 as the text (4.52:1)
  • AAA: use #5d5464 as the text (7.2:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #424242 (4.68:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #262626 (7.04:1)
Aaon black
9.77:1passpasspassPasses 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 #b6aebc 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

#b6aebc reads as muted, light, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #b6aebc
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #b6aebc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/b6aebc-b79cc4-c2cb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md