Color
#cbbebd
#cbbebdrgb(203, 190, 189)hsl(4, 12%, 77%)oklch(0.812 0.015 22.8)Colors that go with #cbbebd
Charcoal, Copper and Crimson 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 #cbbebd without the hard edge of pure #000.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #cbbebd: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #cbbebd in 4 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #cbbebd: 4 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Calendly's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #cbbebd: 4 real palettes, including Fitbit's brand system and Victoria's Secret's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant shows up next to #cbbebd in 4 real palettes, including Sepia Mono and Blush, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #cbbebd in 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Pine & Birch, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped10 real palettes, including First Snow and Lavender Milk put Midnight Blue beside #cbbebd, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #cbbebd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cbbebd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.8:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.64:1 | 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 #cbbebd as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#cbbebd reads as warm, muted, light. 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 #cbbebd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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