Color
#bde5eb
#bde5ebrgb(189, 229, 235)hsl(188, 53%, 83%)oklch(0.895 0.042 207.6)Colors that go with #bde5eb
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 text near-black for #bde5eb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Lilac #c8a2c8
split-complementshippedLilac is a split-complement of #bde5eb: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Plum #dda0dd
triadicshippedPlum completes a triad with #bde5eb — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sand #c2b280
triadicshippedSand completes a triad with #bde5eb — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #bde5eb 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 #bde5eb in 17 real palettes, including Blueprint and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped39 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Dropbox's brand system put Blue beside #bde5eb, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #bde5eb in 11 real palettes, including Gemstone and ClickUp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #bde5eb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bde5eb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.35:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.57:1 | 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 #bde5eb 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
#bde5eb 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 #bde5eb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/bde5eb-a2b7be-df4e81-1f252d-e9f1ee?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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