Dusty Blue
Open in tool →Dusty blue and mist with a nude accent — the quiet wedding palette; nothing here competes with a photograph.
Color
#bbc1d8
#bbc1d8
hex
#bbc1d8rgb
rgb(187, 193, 216)hsl
hsl(228, 27%, 79%)oklch
oklch(0.813 0.033 274)Closest name: Arctic Ice (#b6bdd0)Relative luminance 0.5366
Colors that go with #bbc1d8
Charcoal, Sand and Crimson 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 #bbc1d8: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sand #c2b280
complementaryshippedSand sits directly opposite #bbc1d8 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #bbc1d8 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 #bbc1d8: 6 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Calendly's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #bbc1d8: 4 real palettes, including Nikon's brand system and Fitbit's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #bbc1d8, as the text colour against it.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #bbc1d8 in 4 real palettes, including Mattel's brand system and Tinder's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #bbc1d8: 4 real palettes, including Stone and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #bbc1d8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bbc1d8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.79:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.73:1 | 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 #bbc1d8 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#bbc1d8 reads as cool, muted, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #bbc1d8
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 #bbc1d8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/bbc1d8-9c9fc4-df7c4e-231f2d-e9eff1?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