Color
#28dcb8
#28dcb8rgb(40, 220, 184)hsl(168, 72%, 51%)oklch(0.802 0.145 174.5)Colors that go with #28dcb8
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue 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 #28dcb8: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #28dcb8: 4 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Prime Video's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #28dcb8 in 11 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Astro's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryHot Pink sits directly opposite #28dcb8 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #28dcb8 in 3 real palettes, including Formula 1's brand system and Riot Games's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #28dcb8: 3 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Playground, as the lead colour.
Plum #dda0dd
triadicshippedPlum completes a triad with #28dcb8 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #28dcb8 in 3 real palettes, including Docker's brand system and Khan Academy's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #28dcb8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #28dcb8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.75:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.02:1 | 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 #28dcb8 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 #28dcb8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/28dcb8-a2bebc-d459ad-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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