Color
#bde1bc
#bde1bcrgb(189, 225, 188)hsl(118, 38%, 81%)oklch(0.874 0.063 144.3)Colors that go with #bde1bc
Charcoal, Lilac and Plum 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 #bde1bc: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
split-complementshippedLilac is a split-complement of #bde1bc: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #bde1bc 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 #bde1bc in 5 real palettes, including Blueprint and Trailhead, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Typewriter put Brown beside #bde1bc, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #bde1bc: 6 real palettes, including Estate and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #bde1bc: 8 real palettes, including Bramble and Clay & Linen, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #bde1bc in 8 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and Cartier's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #bde1bc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bde1bc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.43:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.66:1 | 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 #bde1bc 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
#bde1bc reads as 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 #bde1bc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/bde1bc-a2bea4-944edf-1f2d25-edf1e9?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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