Color
#cccae3
#cccae3rgb(204, 202, 227)hsl(245, 31%, 84%)oklch(0.848 0.035 289.3)Colors that go with #cccae3
Charcoal, Dark Khaki and Amber 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 #cccae3: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
complementaryshippedDark Khaki sits directly opposite #cccae3 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 #cccae3 in 4 real palettes, including Blueprint and Salesforce's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Brown #a52a2a
shippedBrown is paired with #cccae3 in 4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Velvet, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #cccae3 in 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Velvet, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #cccae3 in 4 real palettes, including Estate and Coastal, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #cccae3 in 5 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Bramble, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #cccae3 in 4 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and Cartier's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #cccae3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cccae3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.6:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.12:1 | 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 #cccae3 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#cccae3 reads as cool, 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 #cccae3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cccae3-a49cc4-dfa54e-261f2d-e9ecf1?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