Color

#e5d8cd

#e5d8cd
hex#e5d8cd
rgbrgb(229, 216, 205)
hslhsl(27, 32%, 85%)
oklchoklch(0.89 0.021 62.8)
Closest name: Albescent (#e1dacb)Relative luminance 0.7018

Colors that go with #e5d8cd

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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#cddae5

#e5cdce · #e5e4cd

#cde5d8 · #d8cde5

Split-complementary

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#cde5e4 · #cdcee5

#cee5cd · #cddae5 · #e4cde5

Contrast

#e5d8cd as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.4:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #946d4c as the text (4.61:1)
  • AAA: use #6f5139 as the text (7.21:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #5e5e5e (4.64:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #424242 (7.2:1)
Aaon black
15.04:1passpasspassPasses 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 #e5d8cd as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#e5d8cd reads as warm, muted, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #e5d8cd
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #e5d8cd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/e5d8cd-c4b39c-62cbc7-2d2c1f-f1e9ea?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md