Named color
Blizzard Blue
#a3e3edrgb(163, 227, 237)hsl(188, 67%, 78%)oklch(0.876 0.066 208.1)Blizzard Blue on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the curated palettes it appears in and any public brand that adopts it.
Colors that go with Blizzard Blue
Charcoal, Lilac and Dark Salmon 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 Blizzard Blue: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Lilac #c8a2c8
split-complementshippedLilac is a split-complement of Blizzard Blue: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite Blizzard Blue 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 Blizzard Blue in 4 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Velvet put Brown beside Blizzard Blue, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with Blizzard Blue in 5 real palettes, including Coastal and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with Blizzard Blue: 6 real palettes, including Coastal and Estate, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with Blizzard Blue: 6 real palettes, including Bramble and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use Blizzard Blue
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Blizzard Blue as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.42:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.77:1 | 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 Blizzard Blue 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
Blizzard Blue 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 #a3e3ed and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/a3e3ed-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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