Coastal
Open in tool →Sea-teal, sky and sand — bright without shouting; works for travel, wellness, and anything near water.
Color
#159e89
#159e89
hex
#159e89rgb
rgb(21, 158, 137)hsl
hsl(171, 77%, 35%)oklch
oklch(0.628 0.111 178.5)Closest name: Green Dynasty (#00988e)Relative luminance 0.2642
Colors that go with #159e89
Charcoal, Copper and Taupe 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 #159e89: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #159e89 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #159e89 in 10 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Still Water, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Pink #ff1493
complementaryDeep Pink sits directly opposite #159e89 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #159e89 in 3 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Fintech Trust, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sandy Brown #f4a460
shippedSandy Brown is paired with #159e89 in 3 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
shippedSky Blue is paired with #159e89 in 3 real palettes, including Coastal and Still Water, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedSteel Blue is paired with #159e89 in 3 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #159e89 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.34:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.28:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #159e89 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
Diner
Open in tool →Cherry red, mint-teal and butter yellow — chrome-and-vinyl retro; the red does the work, the teal cools it.
Tide Pool
Open in tool →Sea-green and slate with a coral — a literal tide pool: two cool tones, one warm creature.
mcpConnect your agent — build around #159e89
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 #159e89 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/159e89-a2bebd-d459a7-1f292d-e9f1ec?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