Color
#189a5b
#189a5brgb(24, 154, 91)hsl(151, 73%, 35%)oklch(0.606 0.142 155.3)Colors that go with #189a5b
Charcoal, Crimson 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 for #189a5b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #189a5b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Kia's brand system and Instacart's brand system put Blue beside #189a5b, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #189a5b: 6 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Telehealth and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #189a5b, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #189a5b in 6 real palettes, including Console Light and Telehealth, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #189a5b in 10 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and Instacart's brand system, as that palette's text colour.
Medium Orchid #ba55d3
complementaryMedium Orchid sits directly opposite #189a5b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #189a5b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #189a5b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.61:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.81:1 | 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 #189a5b as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #189a5b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/189a5b-a2beb4-d459d0-1f2d2c-e9f1ea?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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