Dusty Blue
Open in tool →Dusty blue and mist with a nude accent — the quiet wedding palette; nothing here competes with a photograph.
Color
#bec5d5
#bec5d5
hex
#bec5d5rgb
rgb(190, 197, 213)hsl
hsl(222, 21%, 79%)oklch
oklch(0.823 0.024 266.9)Closest name: Cloudy Valley (#b1c6d6)Relative luminance 0.5568
Colors that go with #bec5d5
Charcoal, Crimson 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 that reads cleanly against #bec5d5 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #bec5d5 in 5 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Frost & Ember, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #bec5d5: 7 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Mistral AI's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #bec5d5: 4 real palettes, including Nikon's brand system and Fitbit's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including First Snow and Lavender Milk put Midnight Blue beside #bec5d5, as the text colour against it.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Kiln put Peru beside #bec5d5, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #bec5d5: 6 real palettes, including Stone and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped10 real palettes, including Dusty Blue and Still Water put Slate Gray beside #bec5d5, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #bec5d5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #bec5d5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.73:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.14:1 | 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 #bec5d5 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#bec5d5 reads as cool, muted, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #bec5d5
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 #bec5d5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/bec5d5-9ca3c4-df6e4e-211f2d-e9eff1?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