First Snow
Open in tool →Ice blue on snow-white with a deep navy — the quietest winter palette; everything is a tint of one cold hue.
Color
#c5dbdd
#c5dbdd
hex
#c5dbddrgb
rgb(197, 219, 221)hsl
hsl(185, 26%, 82%)oklch
oklch(0.876 0.024 203.4)Closest name: Breath of Fresh Air (#c7dbe4)Relative luminance 0.6775
Colors that go with #c5dbdd
Charcoal, Amber and 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 #c5dbdd without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #c5dbdd in 8 real palettes, including Blueprint and Salesforce's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #c5dbdd in 5 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Dropbox's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Brown #a52a2a
shippedBrown is paired with #c5dbdd in 4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Velvet, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #c5dbdd in 6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #c5dbdd in 6 real palettes, including Estate and Dusk, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #c5dbdd in 9 real palettes, including Bramble and Dusk, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedCornflower Blue is paired with #c5dbdd in 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Blueprint, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #c5dbdd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c5dbdd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.44:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.55:1 | 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 #c5dbdd as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#c5dbdd reads as cool, muted, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #c5dbdd
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 #c5dbdd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/c5dbdd-a2b8be-df4e88-1f262d-e9f1ee?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