Color

#c9dede

#c9dede
hex#c9dede
rgbrgb(201, 222, 222)
hslhsl(180, 24%, 83%)
oklchoklch(0.885 0.022 196.8)
Closest name: Cold Wave (#c2e2e3)Relative luminance 0.6993

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#dec9c9

#c9ded4 · #c9d4de

#dec9de · #dedec9

Split-complementary

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#dec9d4 · #ded4c9

#d4c9de · #dec9c9 · #d4dec9

Contrast

#c9dede as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.4:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #4e7e7e as the text (4.56:1)
  • AAA: use #3a5f5f as the text (7.04:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #5e5e5e (4.63:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #424242 (7.17:1)
Aaon black
14.99:1passpasspassPasses 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 #c9dede as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#c9dede reads as cool, muted, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #c9dede
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #c9dede and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/c9dede-a2bbbe-d45994-1f272d-e9f1ed?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md