Color
#26dfbd
#26dfbdrgb(38, 223, 189)hsl(169, 74%, 51%)oklch(0.81 0.146 175.8)Colors that go with #26dfbd
Charcoal, Crimson and Deep Sky 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 #26dfbd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #26dfbd in 4 real palettes, including Formula 1's brand system and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #26dfbd: 4 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Prime Video's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #26dfbd in 9 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Crayon Box, as the text colour against it.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryHot Pink sits directly opposite #26dfbd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Uber's brand system put Blue beside #26dfbd, as the accent.
Plum #dda0dd
triadicshippedPlum completes a triad with #26dfbd — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Salmon #fa8072
split-complementSalmon is a split-complement of #26dfbd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #26dfbd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #26dfbd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.7:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.37:1 | 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 #26dfbd 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 #26dfbd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/26dfbd-a2bebc-d459ab-1f2a2d-e9f1ec?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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