Color
#36bfb1
#36bfb1rgb(54, 191, 177)hsl(174, 56%, 48%)oklch(0.73 0.116 184.9)Colors that go with #36bfb1
Charcoal, Blue and Crimson 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 #36bfb1: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #36bfb1, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #36bfb1 in 4 real palettes, including Riot Games's brand system and DuckDuckGo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
triadicshippedDark Orange completes a triad with #36bfb1 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #36bfb1: 4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #36bfb1, as the lead colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Fresh Juice put Mustard Yellow beside #36bfb1, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #36bfb1 in 5 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #36bfb1
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #36bfb1 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.27:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.24:1 | 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 #36bfb1 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 #36bfb1 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/36bfb1-a2bebe-d459a1-1f292d-e9f1ed?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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