Color
#b5bed9
#b5bed9rgb(181, 190, 217)hsl(225, 32%, 78%)oklch(0.803 0.039 270.9)Colors that go with #b5bed9
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 #b5bed9: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sand #c2b280
complementaryshippedSand sits directly opposite #b5bed9 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 #b5bed9: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #b5bed9 in 5 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Frost & Ember, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #b5bed9: 5 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Calendly's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #b5bed9: 5 real palettes, including Nikon's brand system and Victoria's Secret's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and Telehealth put Midnight Blue beside #b5bed9, as the text colour against it.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #b5bed9: 4 real palettes, including Stone and Garden Wedding, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #b5bed9
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #b5bed9 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.85:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.33:1 | 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 #b5bed9 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#b5bed9 reads as cool, muted, 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 #b5bed9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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