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
#cddedfrgb(205, 222, 223)hsl(183, 22%, 84%)oklch(0.888 0.018 201.1)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 is the text near-black that reads cleanly against #cddedf without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber is paired with #cddedf in 17 real palettes, including Blueprint and Trailhead, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue is paired with #cddedf in 37 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Dropbox's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue Violet is paired with #cddedf in 11 real palettes, including Gemstone and ClickUp's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Brown is paired with #cddedf in 5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Velvet, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Burgundy is paired with #cddedf in 4 real palettes, including Candlelight and Heinz's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Burlywood is paired with #cddedf in 6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cadet Blue is paired with #cddedf in 9 real palettes, including Estate and Dusk, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
| #cddedf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.39:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.11:1 | 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 #cddedf as the background.
Greys on near-black — the monochrome dark mode; keep everything a tint of white and the layout does the talking.
#cddedf 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 #cddedf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cddedf-a2b9be-d4598e-1f262d-e9f1ee?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