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.
Named color
Muffled White
#dadbe2
hex
#dadbe2rgb
rgb(218, 219, 226)hsl
hsl(233, 12%, 87%)oklch
oklch(0.893 0.01 279.7)Relative luminance 0.7106
Muffled White on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the 2 public brands that use it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with Muffled White
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 Muffled White without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Muffled White 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 Muffled White, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with Muffled White in 12 real palettes, including Gemstone and ClickUp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Velvet put Brown beside Muffled White, as the accent.
Burgundy #800020
shipped5 real palettes, including Candlelight and Heinz's brand system put Burgundy beside Muffled White, as the lead colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with Muffled White in 7 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Velvet, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with Muffled White: 10 real palettes, including Estate and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use Muffled White
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Muffled White as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.38:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.21:1 | 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 Muffled White as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
Muffled White reads as cool, muted, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Muffled White
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 #dadbe2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/dadbe2-9c9cc4-df884e-241f2d-e9eef1?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