Color
#186d7c
#186d7crgb(24, 109, 124)hsl(189, 68%, 29%)oklch(0.494 0.079 212.6)Colors that go with #186d7c
Charcoal, Rust and Amber 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 #186d7c: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Rust #b7410e
complementaryshippedRust sits directly opposite #186d7c 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 #186d7c in 4 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #186d7c, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #186d7c: 7 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #186d7c: 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #186d7c in 13 real palettes, including Gemstone and Wendy's's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #186d7c: 17 real palettes, including The New York Times's brand system and Dutch Bros's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #186d7c
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #186d7c as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.97:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.52:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #186d7c 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
#186d7c reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #186d7c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/186d7c-a2b7be-df4e7e-1f252d-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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