Color
#bdebfa
#bdebfargb(189, 235, 250)hsl(195, 86%, 86%)oklch(0.913 0.052 219.7)Colors that go with #bdebfa
Charcoal, Dark Turquoise and Deep Sky Blue 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 #bdebfa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Turquoise #00ced1
analogousshippedDark Turquoise is #bdebfa's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #bdebfa's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Goldenrod #daa520
split-complementshippedGoldenrod is a split-complement of #bdebfa: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementshippedLight Coral is a split-complement of #bdebfa: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #bdebfa 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 #bdebfa in 21 real palettes, including Blueprint and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped47 real palettes, including Dropbox's brand system and Alaska Airlines's brand system put Blue beside #bdebfa, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #bdebfa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bdebfa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.28:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 16.43:1 | 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 #bdebfa 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
#bdebfa reads as cool, vivid, 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 #bdebfa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/bdebfa-9cb5c4-df4e70-1f242d-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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