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
#def5fd
#def5fd
hex
#def5fdrgb
rgb(222, 245, 253)hsl
hsl(195, 89%, 93%)oklch
oklch(0.956 0.026 220.6)Closest name: Bone-Chilling (#e1f2f0)Relative luminance 0.8793
Colors that go with #def5fd
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 #def5fd without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #def5fd in 17 real palettes, including Blueprint and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped39 real palettes, including Alaska Airlines's brand system and Dropbox's brand system put Blue beside #def5fd, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #def5fd in 11 real palettes, including Gemstone and ClickUp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped7 real palettes, including Estate and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #def5fd, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Velvet put Brown beside #def5fd, as the accent.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Candlelight and Heinz's brand system put Burgundy beside #def5fd, as the lead colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #def5fd in 7 real palettes, including Coastal and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #def5fd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #def5fd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.13:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 18.59:1 | 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 #def5fd 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
#def5fd reads as cool, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #def5fd
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 #def5fd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/def5fd-9cb5c4-df4e70-1f242d-e9f1ef?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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