Color
#52cbad
#52cbadrgb(82, 203, 173)hsl(165, 54%, 56%)oklch(0.766 0.117 173.9)Colors that go with #52cbad
Charcoal, Hot Pink 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 #52cbad: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryshippedHot Pink sits directly opposite #52cbad 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 #52cbad in 4 real palettes, including Riot Games's brand system and DuckDuckGo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Fresh Juice put Mustard Yellow beside #52cbad, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #52cbad in 4 real palettes, including Docker's brand system and Khan Academy's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #52cbad in 20 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Resort, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #52cbad: 5 real palettes, including Resort and Mint Chip, as the accent.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementshippedLight Coral is a split-complement of #52cbad: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #52cbad
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #52cbad as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.5:1 | 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 #52cbad 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 #52cbad and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/52cbad-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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