Color
#a5def8
#a5def8rgb(165, 222, 248)hsl(199, 86%, 81%)oklch(0.87 0.068 227.8)Colors that go with #a5def8
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Dark Salmon 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 #a5def8: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #a5def8's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #a5def8 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #a5def8 in 4 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Velvet and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #a5def8, as the lead colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #a5def8 in 5 real palettes, including Coastal and Velvet, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #a5def8: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Bramble, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #a5def8 in 4 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #a5def8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #a5def8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.46:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.4:1 | 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 #a5def8 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
#a5def8 reads as cool, vivid, light. 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 #a5def8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a5def8-9cb3c4-df4e66-1f232d-e9f1f0?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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