Color
#add0e6
#add0e6rgb(173, 208, 230)hsl(203, 53%, 79%)oklch(0.839 0.048 235.7)Colors that go with #add0e6
Charcoal, Dark Salmon and Burlywood 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 #add0e6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #add0e6 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #add0e6 in 5 real palettes, including Coastal and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #add0e6 in 4 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #add0e6 in 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Forest Floor, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #add0e6: 7 real palettes, including Mistral AI's brand system and Max's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #add0e6: 4 real palettes, including Nikon's brand system and Fitbit's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant shows up next to #add0e6 in 4 real palettes, including Sepia Mono and Blush, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #add0e6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #add0e6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.62:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.94:1 | 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 #add0e6 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
#add0e6 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 #add0e6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/add0e6-9cb0c4-df4e5d-1f222d-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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