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
#d4dce7
#d4dce7
hex
#d4dce7rgb
rgb(212, 220, 231)hsl
hsl(215, 28%, 87%)oklch
oklch(0.892 0.017 256.3)Closest name: Blue Silk (#d0dce8)Relative luminance 0.7095
Colors that go with #d4dce7
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 #d4dce7 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #d4dce7 in 21 real palettes, including Blueprint and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped47 real palettes, including Binance's brand system and Dropbox's brand system put Blue beside #d4dce7, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #d4dce7 in 12 real palettes, including Gemstone and ClickUp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Velvet put Brown beside #d4dce7, as the accent.
Burgundy #800020
shipped5 real palettes, including Candlelight and Heinz's brand system put Burgundy beside #d4dce7, as the lead colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #d4dce7 in 8 real palettes, including Velvet and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #d4dce7: 10 real palettes, including Estate and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #d4dce7
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #d4dce7 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.38:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.19:1 | 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 #d4dce7 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#d4dce7 reads as cool, muted, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #d4dce7
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 #d4dce7 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/d4dce7-9ca8c4-df5d4e-201f2d-e9f0f1?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