Still Water
Open in tool →Dusty teal and mist with a sand accent — low chroma, low contrast between colours, high contrast for text: the recipe for calm.
Color
#aec0d0
#aec0d0
hex
#aec0d0rgb
rgb(174, 192, 208)hsl
hsl(208, 27%, 75%)oklch
oklch(0.799 0.03 245)Closest name: Arctic Ice (#b6bdd0)Relative luminance 0.5125
Colors that go with #aec0d0
Charcoal, Sand and Copper 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 #aec0d0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sand #c2b280
complementaryshippedSand sits directly opposite #aec0d0 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #aec0d0: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #aec0d0 in 6 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Frost & Ember, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #aec0d0: 5 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #aec0d0: 6 real palettes, including Nikon's brand system and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and Telehealth put Midnight Blue beside #aec0d0, as the text colour against it.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Kiln put Peru beside #aec0d0, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #aec0d0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #aec0d0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.87:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.25:1 | 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 #aec0d0 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#aec0d0 reads as cool, muted, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #aec0d0
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 #aec0d0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/aec0d0-9cadc4-df4e51-1f212d-e9f1f1?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