Blueprint
Open in tool →Cyan and indigo on navy is the developer-tool look; amber is the only warm note, so it always reads as 'attention'.
Color
#ece6e4
#ece6e4
hex
#ece6e4rgb
rgb(236, 230, 228)hsl
hsl(15, 17%, 91%)oklch
oklch(0.929 0.007 39.5)Closest name: Bookworm (#ebe3de)Relative luminance 0.8003
Colors that go with #ece6e4
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 #ece6e4 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #ece6e4 in 21 real palettes, including Blueprint and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped47 real palettes, including Binance's brand system and Dropbox's brand system put Blue beside #ece6e4, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #ece6e4 in 12 real palettes, including Gemstone and ClickUp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped7 real palettes, including Estate and Blush put Blush Pink beside #ece6e4, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Velvet and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #ece6e4, as the lead colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped5 real palettes, including Candlelight and Heinz's brand system put Burgundy beside #ece6e4, as the lead colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #ece6e4 in 8 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #ece6e4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #ece6e4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.23:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 17.01:1 | 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 #ece6e4 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Coffee Bar
Open in tool →Espresso and caramel: a dark-roast palette that photographs latte art beautifully.
Forest Floor
Open in tool →Moss and bark with a mushroom-cap amber — grounded and quiet, made for long-form nature content.
Midnight Luxe
Open in tool →Champagne gold on ink-navy with a violet undertone — hotels and spirits use it because it reads expensive at any size.
Velvet
Open in tool →Burgundy and plum on near-black with a brass accent — theatre, wine, and anything that wants to feel after-dark.
Woodsmoke
Open in tool →Amber and oxblood on smoky brown — a fireside dark mode that photographs whisky, leather and wool.
Bramble
Open in tool →Blackberry and bark with a wheat highlight on a plum-black surface — late-autumn, quiet, slightly gothic.
Kiln
Open in tool →Fired clay and ash on a dark umber — the earthy dark mode; warm enough that the dark surface reads as material, not void.
Ink Wash
Open in tool →Greys on near-black — the monochrome dark mode; keep everything a tint of white and the layout does the talking.
Fonts for this mood
#ece6e4 reads as warm, muted, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #ece6e4
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 #ece6e4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/ece6e4-c4ab9c-62cbb2-2d291f-f1e9eb?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