Deep Water
Open in tool →Cyan and mid-blue on abyss navy with a foam highlight — the ocean at depth; the darker the surface, the brighter the water.
Color
#c5eff2
#c5eff2
hex
#c5eff2rgb
rgb(197, 239, 242)hsl
hsl(184, 63%, 86%)oklch
oklch(0.923 0.043 201.8)Closest name: Gentle Cold (#c3ece9)Relative luminance 0.8001
Colors that go with #c5eff2
Charcoal, Sky Blue and Dark Salmon 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 #c5eff2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
analogousshippedSky Blue is #c5eff2's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #c5eff2 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #c5eff2 in 4 real palettes, including Gemstone and Twitch's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #c5eff2 in 6 real palettes, including Estate and Rain Garden, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Brown #a52a2a
shippedBrown is paired with #c5eff2 in 4 real palettes, including Typewriter and Velvet, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #c5eff2 in 6 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Kiln, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #c5eff2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c5eff2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.24:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 17:1 | 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 #c5eff2 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#c5eff2 reads as cool, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #c5eff2
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 #c5eff2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/c5eff2-a2b9be-df4e8a-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