Coastal
Open in tool →Sea-teal, sky and sand — bright without shouting; works for travel, wellness, and anything near water.
Color
#489d88
#489d88
hex
#489d88rgb
rgb(72, 157, 136)hsl
hsl(165, 37%, 45%)oklch
oklch(0.637 0.089 174.8)Closest name: Baltic (#279d9f)Relative luminance 0.2727
Colors that go with #489d88
Charcoal, Copper and Blush Pink 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 #489d88: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #489d88 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Estate put Blush Pink beside #489d88, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #489d88 in 7 real palettes, including Diner and DuckDuckGo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #489d88 in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Clay & Linen, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #489d88: 7 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #489d88, as that palette's text colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #489d88 in 7 real palettes, including Brilliant's brand system and Khan Academy's brand system, as the accent.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #489d88 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.25:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.45:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #489d88 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #489d88
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 #489d88 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/489d88-a2beba-d459b3-1f2b2d-e9f1eb?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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