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
#cbd7ec
#cbd7ec
hex
#cbd7ecrgb
rgb(203, 215, 236)hsl
hsl(218, 46%, 86%)oklch
oklch(0.877 0.032 261.7)Closest name: Après-Ski (#ced5e4)Relative luminance 0.6735
Colors that go with #cbd7ec
Charcoal, Lilac and Sand 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 #cbd7ec: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Lilac #c8a2c8
analogousshippedLilac is #cbd7ec's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sand #c2b280
complementaryshippedSand sits directly opposite #cbd7ec 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 #cbd7ec in 8 real palettes, including Blueprint and Salesforce's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Binance's brand system put Blue beside #cbd7ec, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Velvet and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #cbd7ec, as the lead colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #cbd7ec in 6 real palettes, including Velvet and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #cbd7ec: 6 real palettes, including Estate and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #cbd7ec
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cbd7ec as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.45:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.47:1 | 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 #cbd7ec as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#cbd7ec reads as cool, light, clean. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #cbd7ec
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 #cbd7ec and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/cbd7ec-9ca6c4-df644e-201f2d-e9f0f1?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