Named color
Alligator Alley
#c5d17brgb(197, 209, 123)hsl(68, 48%, 65%)oklch(0.832 0.111 115.4)Alligator Alley on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the curated palettes it appears in and any public brand that adopts it.
Colors that go with Alligator Alley
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Lilac 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 body-text near-black for Alligator Alley: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
triadicshippedDeep Sky Blue completes a triad with Alligator Alley — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite Alligator Alley on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with Alligator Alley: 5 real palettes, including Coastal and Diner, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with Alligator Alley: 5 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with Alligator Alley in 10 real palettes, including Diner and Wise's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to Alligator Alley in 4 real palettes, including Farmers Market and Miro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with Alligator Alley: 9 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Walmart's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use Alligator Alley
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Alligator Alley as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.64:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.78:1 | 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 Alligator Alley as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #c5d17b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c5d17b-b7bea2-4e81df-252d1f-f1eee9?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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