Dusty Blue
Open in tool →Dusty blue and mist with a nude accent — the quiet wedding palette; nothing here competes with a photograph.
Color
#bec2d5
#bec2d5
hex
#bec2d5rgb
rgb(190, 194, 213)hsl
hsl(230, 21%, 79%)oklch
oklch(0.817 0.027 276.3)Closest name: Arctic Ice (#b6bdd0)Relative luminance 0.5433
Colors that go with #bec2d5
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Denim 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 that reads cleanly against #bec2d5 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #bec2d5: 7 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Calendly's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #bec2d5: 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 #bec2d5, as the text colour against it.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #bec2d5: 5 real palettes, including Stone and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped10 real palettes, including Dusty Blue and Midnight Luxe put Slate Gray beside #bec2d5, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #bec2d5 in 25 real palettes, including Still Water and Graphite Mono, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #bec2d5: 4 real palettes, including Still Water and Oatly's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #bec2d5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bec2d5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.77:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.87:1 | 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 #bec2d5 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#bec2d5 reads as cool, muted, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #bec2d5
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 #bec2d5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/bec2d5-9c9ec4-df814e-231f2d-e9eef1?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