Color
#5addaf
#5addafrgb(90, 221, 175)hsl(159, 66%, 61%)oklch(0.812 0.134 166.8)Colors that go with #5addaf
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Royal Blue 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 #5addaf: 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 #5addaf: 4 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Prime Video's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #5addaf 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 #5addaf in 15 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Mint Chip, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #5addaf: 4 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Oatly's brand system, as the accent.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryHot Pink sits directly opposite #5addaf on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #5addaf, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5addaf in 3 real palettes, including Formula 1's brand system and Wise's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #5addaf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5addaf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.69:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.4:1 | 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 #5addaf 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 #5addaf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5addaf-a2beb8-d459c0-1f2c2d-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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