Color
#c5ddc8
#c5ddc8rgb(197, 221, 200)hsl(127, 26%, 82%)oklch(0.874 0.038 148.9)Colors that go with #c5ddc8
Charcoal, Lilac and Plum 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 body-text near-black for #c5ddc8: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
split-complementshippedLilac is a split-complement of #c5ddc8: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #c5ddc8 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 #c5ddc8 in 7 real palettes, including Blueprint and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Dropbox's brand system put Blue beside #c5ddc8, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Typewriter put Brown beside #c5ddc8, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #c5ddc8 in 5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #c5ddc8: 6 real palettes, including Estate and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #c5ddc8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c5ddc8 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 #c5ddc8 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#c5ddc8 reads as muted, light, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #c5ddc8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/c5ddc8-a2bea8-aa4edf-1f2d27-ecf1e9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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