Color
#bbdee7
#bbdee7rgb(187, 222, 231)hsl(192, 48%, 82%)oklch(0.878 0.039 215)Colors that go with #bbdee7
Charcoal, Lilac and Dark Salmon 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 #bbdee7: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Lilac #c8a2c8
split-complementshippedLilac is a split-complement of #bbdee7: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #bbdee7 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #bbdee7 in 8 real palettes, including Blueprint and Salesforce's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Dropbox's brand system put Blue beside #bbdee7, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Velvet put Brown beside #bbdee7, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #bbdee7 in 6 real palettes, including Coastal and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #bbdee7: 6 real palettes, including Estate and Coastal, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #bbdee7
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bbdee7 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.43:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.72:1 | 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 #bbdee7 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
#bbdee7 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 #bbdee7 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/bbdee7-a2b5be-df4e77-1f242d-e9f1ef?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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