Dusty Blue
Open in tool →Dusty blue and mist with a nude accent — the quiet wedding palette; nothing here competes with a photograph.
Color
#c5c5d3
#c5c5d3
hex
#c5c5d3rgb
rgb(197, 197, 211)hsl
hsl(240, 14%, 80%)oklch
oklch(0.828 0.019 286)Closest name: Herring Silver (#c6c8cf)Relative luminance 0.5651
Colors that go with #c5c5d3
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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black that reads cleanly against #c5c5d3 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #c5c5d3 in 4 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Frost & Ember, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #c5c5d3: 7 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Mistral AI's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant shows up next to #c5c5d3 in 4 real palettes, including Sepia Mono and Blush, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including First Snow and Lavender Milk put Midnight Blue beside #c5c5d3, as the text colour against it.
Peru #cd853f
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Kiln put Peru beside #c5c5d3, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #c5c5d3: 6 real palettes, including Stone and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour.
Sienna #a0522d
shippedSienna shows up next to #c5c5d3 in 4 real palettes, including Oatly's brand system and Coffee Bar, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #c5c5d3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c5c5d3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.71:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.3:1 | 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 #c5c5d3 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#c5c5d3 reads as cool, muted, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #c5c5d3
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 #c5c5d3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/c5c5d3-a19cc4-df994e-251f2d-e9edf1?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