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
#cbddec
#cbddec
hex
#cbddecrgb
rgb(203, 221, 236)hsl
hsl(207, 46%, 86%)oklch
oklch(0.889 0.028 243.1)Closest name: Blue Silk (#d0dce8)Relative luminance 0.7047
Colors that go with #cbddec
Charcoal, Amber and Blue 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 #cbddec without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #cbddec in 17 real palettes, including Blueprint and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped37 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Dropbox's brand system put Blue beside #cbddec, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #cbddec in 11 real palettes, including Gemstone and ClickUp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Velvet put Brown beside #cbddec, as the accent.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Candlelight and Heinz's brand system put Burgundy beside #cbddec, as the lead colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #cbddec in 6 real palettes, including Velvet and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #cbddec: 9 real palettes, including Estate and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #cbddec
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cbddec as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.39:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.09:1 | 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 #cbddec as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#cbddec reads as cool, light, clean. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #cbddec
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 #cbddec and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/cbddec-9cadc4-df4e53-1f212d-e9f1f1?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