Powder Blue hex code
Powder Blue
#b0e0e6rgb(176, 224, 230)hsl(187, 52%, 80%)oklch(0.875 0.05 205.7)Powder Blue is a light, muted cyan — #b0e0e6, rgb(176, 224, 230), hue 187° at 52% saturation. The colours that go with powder blue are Charcoal, Lilac and Dark Salmon — each with the reason below, and the real palettes that pair them. It fails AA as text on white (1.43:1) but passes on black at 14.65:1 — a dark-mode colour, or a fill with dark type on it.
Colors that go with Powder Blue
Charcoal, Lilac and Dark Salmon 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 for Powder Blue: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Lilac #c8a2c8
split-complementshippedLilac is a split-complement of Powder Blue: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite Powder Blue on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Powder Blue in 5 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Dropbox's brand system put Blue beside Powder Blue, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Velvet put Brown beside Powder Blue, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with Powder Blue in 6 real palettes, including Coastal and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with Powder Blue: 6 real palettes, including Estate and Coastal, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use Powder Blue
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Powder Blue as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.43:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.65:1 | 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 Powder Blue as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
Powder Blue reads as cool, light, clean. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #b0e0e6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b0e0e6-a2b8be-df4e83-1f262d-e9f1ee?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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