Glacier
Open in tool →Three blues from ice to deep water on a pale surface — a monochromatic winter set with real depth.
Color
#85dcef
#85dcef
hex
#85dcefrgb
rgb(133, 220, 239)hsl
hsl(191, 77%, 73%)oklch
oklch(0.846 0.088 213.2)Closest name: Cold Blue (#88dddd)Relative luminance 0.624
Colors that go with #85dcef
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #85dcef: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #85dcef's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #85dcef in 4 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Telehealth put Midnight Blue beside #85dcef, as the text colour against it.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped6 real palettes, including Still Water and Dusty Blue put Slate Gray beside #85dcef, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #85dcef in 18 real palettes, including Boeing's brand system and Macaron, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #85dcef: 4 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Oatly's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryDark Salmon sits directly opposite #85dcef on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #85dcef
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85dcef as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.56:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.48:1 | 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 #85dcef as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#85dcef reads as cool, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #85dcef
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 #85dcef and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/85dcef-a2b6be-df4e7a-1f252d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md