Color
#ddc5db
#ddc5dbrgb(221, 197, 219)hsl(305, 26%, 82%)oklch(0.85 0.04 328.5)Colors that go with #ddc5db
Charcoal, Dark Sea Green and Amber 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 #ddc5db: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f
complementaryshippedDark Sea Green sits directly opposite #ddc5db 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 #ddc5db in 4 real palettes, including Blueprint and Ember, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Velvet put Brown beside #ddc5db, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #ddc5db in 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Velvet, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #ddc5db: 4 real palettes, including Estate and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #ddc5db: 5 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Bramble, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #ddc5db in 4 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Frost & Ember, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #ddc5db
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ddc5db as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.61:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.08:1 | 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 #ddc5db as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#ddc5db reads as warm, 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 #ddc5db and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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