Color
#cdb5d9
#cdb5d9rgb(205, 181, 217)hsl(280, 32%, 78%)oklch(0.805 0.056 314.5)Colors that go with #cdb5d9
Charcoal, Dark Sea Green 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 for #cdb5d9: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f
complementaryshippedDark Sea Green sits directly opposite #cdb5d9 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #cdb5d9 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 #cdb5d9: 4 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Calendly's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #cdb5d9: 4 real palettes, including Victoria's Secret's brand system and Fitbit's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and Lavender Haze put Midnight Blue beside #cdb5d9, as the text colour against it.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #cdb5d9: 5 real palettes, including Calendly's brand system and Macaron, as the accent.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #cdb5d9: 4 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Stone, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #cdb5d9
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cdb5d9 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.87:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.21:1 | 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 #cdb5d9 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#cdb5d9 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 #cdb5d9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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