Glacier
Open in tool →Three blues from ice to deep water on a pale surface — a monochromatic winter set with real depth.
Color
#80ddef
#80ddef
hex
#80ddefrgb
rgb(128, 221, 239)hsl
hsl(190, 78%, 72%)oklch
oklch(0.846 0.092 211.5)Closest name: Cold Blue (#88dddd)Relative luminance 0.6253
Colors that go with #80ddef
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 #80ddef: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #80ddef's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #80ddef in 5 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Telehealth, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #80ddef in 6 real palettes, including Still Water and Dusty Blue, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #80ddef in 18 real palettes, including Boeing's brand system and Macaron, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedWheat is paired with #80ddef in 4 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Oatly's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryDark Salmon sits directly opposite #80ddef on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementshippedLight Coral is a split-complement of #80ddef: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #80ddef
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #80ddef as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.55:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.51:1 | 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 #80ddef as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#80ddef reads as cool, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #80ddef
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #80ddef and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/80ddef-a2b6be-df4e7c-1f252d-e9f1ef?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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