Ink Wash
Open in tool →Greys on near-black — the monochrome dark mode; keep everything a tint of white and the layout does the talking.
Color
#cddbd9
#cddbd9
hex
#cddbd9rgb
rgb(205, 219, 217)hsl
hsl(171, 16%, 83%)oklch
oklch(0.88 0.015 186.6)Closest name: Luna (#d4d8ce)Relative luminance 0.6865
Colors that go with #cddbd9
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 #cddbd9 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #cddbd9 in 8 real palettes, including Blueprint and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Dropbox's brand system put Blue beside #cddbd9, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Velvet put Brown beside #cddbd9, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #cddbd9 in 6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #cddbd9: 7 real palettes, including Estate and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #cddbd9: 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Glacier, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #cddbd9: 9 real palettes, including Bramble and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #cddbd9
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cddbd9 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.43:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.73:1 | 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 #cddbd9 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#cddbd9 reads as muted, light, minimal. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #cddbd9
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 #cddbd9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/cddbd9-a2bebd-d459a7-1f292d-e9f1ec?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