Color
#ddaef4
#ddaef4rgb(221, 174, 244)hsl(280, 76%, 82%)oklch(0.817 0.108 314.4)Colors that go with #ddaef4
Midnight Blue, Slate Gray and Taupe 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.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #ddaef4 in 6 real palettes, including Lavender Haze and Railway's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #ddaef4 in 4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Dusty Blue, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #ddaef4 in 9 real palettes, including Blossom and Macaron, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Yellow Green #9acd32
complementaryYellow Green sits directly opposite #ddaef4 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Khaki #bdb76b
split-complementshippedDark Khaki is a split-complement of #ddaef4: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #ddaef4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedPowder Blue is paired with #ddaef4 in 3 real palettes, including Calendly's brand system and Macaron, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa
split-complementMedium Aquamarine is a split-complement of #ddaef4: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #ddaef4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ddaef4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.84:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.44:1 | 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 #ddaef4 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#ddaef4 reads as cool, vivid, 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 #ddaef4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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