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
#cef7fd
#cef7fd
hex
#cef7fdrgb
rgb(206, 247, 253)hsl
hsl(188, 92%, 90%)oklch
oklch(0.949 0.043 207.3)Closest name: Glacial Drift (#c3fbf4)Relative luminance 0.8674
Colors that go with #cef7fd
Charcoal, Dark Orange and Deep 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 #cef7fd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
split-complementshippedDark Orange is a split-complement of #cef7fd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #cef7fd's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Goldenrod #daa520
triadicshippedGoldenrod completes a triad with #cef7fd — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue #0000ff
shipped39 real palettes, including Dropbox's brand system and Alaska Airlines's brand system put Blue beside #cef7fd, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #cef7fd in 11 real palettes, including Gemstone and ClickUp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped7 real palettes, including Estate and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #cef7fd, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #cef7fd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #cef7fd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.14:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 18.35:1 | 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 #cef7fd as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#cef7fd reads as cool, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #cef7fd
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 #cef7fd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/cef7fd-a2b7be-df4e81-1f252d-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