Color

#c2c5cb

#c2c5cb
hex#c2c5cb
rgbrgb(194, 197, 203)
hslhsl(220, 8%, 78%)
oklchoklch(0.823 0.009 264.5)
Closest name: Explosive Grey (#c4c4c4)Relative luminance 0.5571

Colors that go with #c2c5cb

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.

Real palettes that use #c2c5cb

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#cbc8c2

#c2cacb · #c4c2cb

#cbc2c5 · #c5cbc2

Split-complementary

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#cbc4c2 · #cacbc2

#cbc2ca · #cbc8c2 · #c2cbc4

Contrast

#c2c5cb as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.73:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #6e7581 as the text (4.64:1)
  • AAA: use #545963 as the text (7.03:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #525252 (4.52:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #333333 (7.31:1)
Aaon black
12.14:1passpasspassPasses 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 #c2c5cb as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#c2c5cb reads as muted, light, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #c2c5cb
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #c2c5cb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/c2c5cb-9ca5c4-df694e-211f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md