Color
#d6d9ea
#d6d9eargb(214, 217, 234)hsl(231, 32%, 88%)oklch(0.888 0.023 277.9)Colors that go with #d6d9ea
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 #d6d9ea without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #d6d9ea in 21 real palettes, including Blueprint and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped47 real palettes, including Binance's brand system and Uber's brand system put Blue beside #d6d9ea, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #d6d9ea in 12 real palettes, including Gemstone and ClickUp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Velvet and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #d6d9ea, as the lead colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped5 real palettes, including Candlelight and Heinz's brand system put Burgundy beside #d6d9ea, as the lead colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #d6d9ea in 8 real palettes, including Velvet and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #d6d9ea: 10 real palettes, including Estate and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #d6d9ea
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #d6d9ea as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.4:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.97:1 | 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 #d6d9ea as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#d6d9ea reads as cool, muted, light. 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 #d6d9ea and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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