Color
#cddef3
#cddef3rgb(205, 222, 243)hsl(213, 61%, 88%)oklch(0.894 0.034 253.7)Colors that go with #cddef3
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Emerald Green 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 #cddef3: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #cddef3's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Emerald Green #50c878
triadicshippedEmerald Green completes a triad with #cddef3 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Light Coral #f08080
triadicshippedLight Coral completes a triad with #cddef3 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Lilac #c8a2c8
analogousshippedLilac is #cddef3's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sand #c2b280
complementaryshippedSand sits directly opposite #cddef3 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #cddef3 in 17 real palettes, including Blueprint and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped37 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Binance's brand system put Blue beside #cddef3, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #cddef3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cddef3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.37:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.34:1 | 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 #cddef3 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#cddef3 reads as cool, vivid, 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 #cddef3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/cddef3-9ca9c4-df584e-1f202d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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