Dusty Blue
Open in tool →Dusty blue and mist with a nude accent — the quiet wedding palette; nothing here competes with a photograph.
Color
#c3cada
#c3cada
hex
#c3cadargb
rgb(195, 202, 218)hsl
hsl(222, 24%, 81%)oklch
oklch(0.838 0.024 266.9)Closest name: Herring Silver (#c6c8cf)Relative luminance 0.5891
Colors that go with #c3cada
Charcoal, Burlywood and Cadet 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 #c3cada without the hard edge of pure #000.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #c3cada in 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #c3cada: 4 real palettes, including Estate and Coastal, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #c3cada: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #c3cada in 4 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and Cartier's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #c3cada in 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Forest Floor, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #c3cada: 7 real palettes, including Mistral AI's brand system and Max's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #c3cada: 4 real palettes, including Nikon's brand system and Fitbit's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #c3cada
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c3cada as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.64:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.78:1 | 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 #c3cada as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#c3cada reads as cool, muted, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #c3cada
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 #c3cada and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/c3cada-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