Color
#ddbef9
#ddbef9rgb(221, 190, 249)hsl(272, 83%, 86%)oklch(0.847 0.087 308.4)Colors that go with #ddbef9
Charcoal, Yellow Green and Deep Sky 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 for #ddbef9: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Yellow Green #9acd32
complementaryshippedYellow Green sits directly opposite #ddbef9 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #ddbef9: 4 real palettes, including Calendly's brand system and Mistral AI's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and Lavender Haze put Midnight Blue beside #ddbef9, as the text colour against it.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #ddbef9: 4 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Stone, as the lead colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped6 real palettes, including Dusty Blue and Midnight Luxe put Slate Gray beside #ddbef9, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #ddbef9 in 17 real palettes, including Nikon's brand system and Garden Wedding, as the lead colour.
Emerald Green #50c878
split-complementshippedEmerald Green is a split-complement of #ddbef9: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #ddbef9
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ddbef9 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.64:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.81:1 | 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 #ddbef9 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#ddbef9 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 #ddbef9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ddbef9-b69cc4-c5cb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?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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