Color
#cdb4e9
#cdb4e9rgb(205, 180, 233)hsl(268, 55%, 81%)oklch(0.809 0.078 306.1)Colors that go with #cdb4e9
Charcoal, Dark Khaki and Midnight 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 for #cdb4e9: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
complementaryshippedDark Khaki sits directly opposite #cdb4e9 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #cdb4e9 in 6 real palettes, including Lavender Haze and Lavender Milk, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedSage Green is paired with #cdb4e9 in 4 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Stone, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #cdb4e9 in 9 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Dusty Blue, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #cdb4e9 in 17 real palettes, including Blossom and Garden Wedding, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #cdb4e9 in 3 real palettes, including Estate and Coastal, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa
split-complementMedium Aquamarine is a split-complement of #cdb4e9: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #cdb4e9
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cdb4e9 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.86:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.3:1 | 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 #cdb4e9 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#cdb4e9 reads as cool, light, clean. 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 #cdb4e9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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