Color
#dad5ec
#dad5ecrgb(218, 213, 236)hsl(253, 38%, 88%)oklch(0.884 0.032 295.7)Colors that go with #dad5ec
Charcoal, Lilac and Sand 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 #dad5ec: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Lilac #c8a2c8
analogousshippedLilac is #dad5ec's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sand #c2b280
split-complementshippedSand is a split-complement of #dad5ec: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
complementaryshippedDark Khaki sits directly opposite #dad5ec on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #dad5ec in 8 real palettes, including Blueprint and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Binance's brand system put Blue beside #dad5ec, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Velvet and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #dad5ec, as the lead colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #dad5ec in 6 real palettes, including Velvet and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #dad5ec
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #dad5ec as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.43:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.71:1 | 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 #dad5ec as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#dad5ec reads as cool, 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 #dad5ec and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/dad5ec-a99cc4-dfb84e-281f2d-e9ebf1?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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