Blue Mono
Open in tool →One blue at four lightnesses — monochromatic in the colour-theory sense; the deep step is the text, the pale step the surface tint.
Color
#c4d4f8
#c4d4f8
hex
#c4d4f8rgb
rgb(196, 212, 248)hsl
hsl(222, 79%, 87%)oklch
oklch(0.87 0.053 266.3)Closest name: Frozen Periwinkle (#c9d1ef)Relative luminance 0.656
Colors that go with #c4d4f8
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Goldenrod 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 #c4d4f8: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #c4d4f8's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Goldenrod #daa520
complementaryshippedGoldenrod sits directly opposite #c4d4f8 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 #c4d4f8 in 5 real palettes, including Blueprint and Salesforce's brand system, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Velvet and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #c4d4f8, as the lead colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #c4d4f8 in 5 real palettes, including Coastal and Velvet, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #c4d4f8: 5 real palettes, including Estate and Coastal, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #c4d4f8: 6 real palettes, including Bramble and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #c4d4f8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c4d4f8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.49:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.12:1 | 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 #c4d4f8 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#c4d4f8 reads as cool, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #c4d4f8
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 #c4d4f8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/c4d4f8-9ca3c4-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