Deep Water
Open in tool →Cyan and mid-blue on abyss navy with a foam highlight — the ocean at depth; the darker the surface, the brighter the water.
Color
#cdf3f2
#cdf3f2
hex
#cdf3f2rgb
rgb(205, 243, 242)hsl
hsl(178, 61%, 88%)oklch
oklch(0.937 0.039 194.5)Closest name: Caribbean (#caf0e5)Relative luminance 0.8349
Colors that go with #cdf3f2
Charcoal, Lilac and Sky 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 for #cdf3f2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Lilac #c8a2c8
split-complementshippedLilac is a split-complement of #cdf3f2: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
analogousshippedSky Blue is #cdf3f2's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #cdf3f2 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 #cdf3f2 in 12 real palettes, including Blueprint and Trailhead, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #cdf3f2 in 31 real palettes, including Dropbox's brand system and Binance's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #cdf3f2 in 10 real palettes, including Gemstone and ClickUp's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #cdf3f2 in 7 real palettes, including Estate and Rain Garden, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #cdf3f2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cdf3f2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.19:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 17.7:1 | 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 #cdf3f2 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#cdf3f2 reads as vivid, light, clean. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #cdf3f2
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 #cdf3f2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/cdf3f2-a2bcbe-d45999-1f282d-e9f1ed?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