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
#d5f1efrgb(213, 241, 239)hsl(176, 50%, 89%)oklch(0.937 0.029 191.4)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 is the text near-black that reads cleanly against #d5f1ef without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber is paired with #d5f1ef in 21 real palettes, including Blueprint and Trailhead, as the accent.
47 real palettes, including Dropbox's brand system and Alaska Airlines's brand system put Blue beside #d5f1ef, as the accent.
Blue Violet is paired with #d5f1ef in 12 real palettes, including Gemstone and ClickUp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
7 real palettes, including Estate and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #d5f1ef, as the accent.
5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Velvet put Brown beside #d5f1ef, as the accent.
5 real palettes, including Candlelight and Heinz's brand system put Burgundy beside #d5f1ef, as the lead colour.
Burlywood is paired with #d5f1ef in 8 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Kiln, as the lead colour.
| #d5f1ef as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.19:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 17.66:1 | 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 #d5f1ef as the background.
#d5f1ef reads as light, clean. 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 #d5f1ef and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/d5f1ef-a2bdbe-d4599d-1f282d-e9f1ed?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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