Color

#d5bdb9

#d5bdb9
hex#d5bdb9
rgbrgb(213, 189, 185)
hslhsl(9, 25%, 78%)
oklchoklch(0.818 0.028 29)
Closest name: Warm Gray (#c9c0bb)Relative luminance 0.5404

Colors that go with #d5bdb9

Charcoal, Copper and Crimson 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.

Real palettes that use #d5bdb9

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#b9d1d5

#d5b9c3 · #d5cbb9

#b9d5bd · #bdb9d5

Split-complementary

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#b9d5cb · #b9c3d5

#c3d5b9 · #b9d1d5 · #cbb9d5

Contrast

#d5bdb9 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.78:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #9f6960 as the text (4.5:1)
  • AAA: use #764e47 as the text (7.12:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4f4f4f (4.61:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #333333 (7.1:1)
Aaon black
11.81:1passpasspassPasses 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 #d5bdb9 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#d5bdb9 reads as warm, muted, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #d5bdb9
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #d5bdb9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/d5bdb9-c4a79c-62cba8-2d271f-f1e9ec?lock=0&style=vibrant

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