Color
#cdd5aa
#cdd5aargb(205, 213, 170)hsl(71, 34%, 75%)oklch(0.856 0.058 116.2)Colors that go with #cdd5aa
Charcoal, Lilac and Brown 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 body-text near-black for #cdd5aa: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #cdd5aa on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Brown #a52a2a
shippedBrown is paired with #cdd5aa in 4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Velvet, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #cdd5aa in 5 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 #cdd5aa in 6 real palettes, including Desert Road and Clean Beauty, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green is paired with #cdd5aa in 6 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Forest Floor, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Eggplant #614051
shippedEggplant is paired with #cdd5aa in 4 real palettes, including Sepia Mono and Blush, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #cdd5aa in 5 real palettes, including Candlelight and Fireside, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #cdd5aa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cdd5aa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.53:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.69:1 | 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 #cdd5aa as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#cdd5aa reads as muted, light, minimal. 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 #cdd5aa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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