Color
#cbaae9
#cbaae9rgb(203, 170, 233)hsl(271, 59%, 79%)oklch(0.789 0.094 308.2)Colors that go with #cbaae9
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Midnight 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 #cbaae9: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #cbaae9: 4 real palettes, including Calendly's brand system and Max's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Lavender Haze and Lavender Milk put Midnight Blue beside #cbaae9, as the text colour against it.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #cbaae9: 6 real palettes, including Calendly's brand system and Macaron, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #cbaae9 in 4 real palettes, including Sephora's brand system and Telehealth, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped8 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Dusty Blue put Slate Gray beside #cbaae9, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #cbaae9 in 14 real palettes, including Blossom and Macaron, as the text colour against it.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
split-complementshippedDark Khaki is a split-complement of #cbaae9: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #cbaae9
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cbaae9 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.01:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.47:1 | 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 #cbaae9 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
#cbaae9 reads as cool, light, clean. 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 #cbaae9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cbaae9-b59cc4-c7cb62-2c1f2d-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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