Lagoon
Open in tool →Turquoise and teal with a sand-yellow on white — shallow tropical water; the deep teal text is the reef.
Color
#22b999
#22b999
hex
#22b999rgb
rgb(34, 185, 153)hsl
hsl(167, 69%, 43%)oklch
oklch(0.704 0.128 173.7)Closest name: Electra (#55b492)Relative luminance 0.3734
Colors that go with #22b999
Charcoal, Hot Pink 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 #22b999: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryshippedHot Pink sits directly opposite #22b999 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #22b999, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #22b999, as the text colour against it.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped5 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Diner put Mustard Yellow beside #22b999, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #22b999 in 6 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #22b999 in 13 real palettes, including Chime's brand system and Resort, as the lead colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #22b999 in 3 real palettes, including Coastal and Polaroid, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #22b999
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #22b999 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.48:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.47:1 | 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 #22b999 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #22b999
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 #22b999 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/22b999-a2bebb-d459af-1f2a2d-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