Color

#c5c2cb

#c5c2cb
hex#c5c2cb
rgbrgb(197, 194, 203)
hslhsl(260, 8%, 78%)
oklchoklch(0.819 0.013 301.2)
Closest name: Explosive Grey (#c4c4c4)Relative luminance 0.5477

Colors that go with #c5c2cb

Charcoal, Copper and Crimson 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 #c5c2cb

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#c8cbc2

#c2c4cb · #cac2cb

#cbc5c2 · #c2cbc5

Split-complementary

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#cbcac2 · #c4cbc2

#cbc2c4 · #c8cbc2 · #c2cbca

Contrast

#c5c2cb as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.76:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #7a7387 as the text (4.54:1)
  • AAA: use #595463 as the text (7.31:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4f4f4f (4.66:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #333333 (7.19:1)
Aaon black
11.95:1passpasspassPasses 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 #c5c2cb as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#c5c2cb reads as muted, light, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #c5c2cb
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 #c5c2cb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/c5c2cb-ae9cc4-dfc94e-2a1f2d-e9ebf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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