Deep Water
Open in tool →Cyan and mid-blue on abyss navy with a foam highlight — the ocean at depth; the darker the surface, the brighter the water.
Color
#def5fc
#def5fc
hex
#def5fcrgb
rgb(222, 245, 252)hsl
hsl(194, 83%, 93%)oklch
oklch(0.955 0.026 217.9)Closest name: Bone-Chilling (#e1f2f0)Relative luminance 0.8786
Colors that go with #def5fc
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 #def5fc without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #def5fc in 17 real palettes, including Blueprint and Trailhead, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #def5fc in 37 real palettes, including Dropbox's brand system and Alaska Airlines's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #def5fc in 11 real palettes, including Gemstone and ClickUp's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #def5fc in 7 real palettes, including Estate and Rain Garden, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Brown #a52a2a
shippedBrown is paired with #def5fc in 5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Velvet, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Burgundy #800020
shippedBurgundy is paired with #def5fc in 4 real palettes, including Candlelight and Heinz's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #def5fc in 6 real palettes, including Coastal and Chalkboard, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #def5fc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #def5fc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.13:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 18.57:1 | 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 #def5fc as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#def5fc reads as cool, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #def5fc
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #def5fc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/def5fc-9cb6c4-df4e72-1f242d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md