Color
#3bedb4
#3bedb4rgb(59, 237, 180)hsl(161, 83%, 58%)oklch(0.845 0.162 166.1)Colors that go with #3bedb4
Taupe, Hot Pink and Charcoal 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.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #3bedb4 in 5 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Crayon Box, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryHot Pink sits directly opposite #3bedb4 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #3bedb4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementLight Coral is a split-complement of #3bedb4: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Violet #ee82ee
split-complementViolet is a split-complement of #3bedb4: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shippedMustard Yellow is paired with #3bedb4 in two real palettes: Fresh Juice and Crayon Box, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Tomato #ff6347
shippedTomato is paired with #3bedb4 in two real palettes: Fresh Juice and Crayon Box, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Coral #ff7f50
triadicCoral completes a triad with #3bedb4 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #3bedb4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #3bedb4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.5:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.96:1 | 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 #3bedb4 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 #3bedb4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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