Color
#5bc2b3
#5bc2b3rgb(91, 194, 179)hsl(171, 46%, 56%)oklch(0.749 0.099 182.8)Colors that go with #5bc2b3
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 #5bc2b3: 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 #5bc2b3, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5bc2b3 in 5 real palettes, including Riot Games's brand system and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #5bc2b3 in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #5bc2b3: 4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #5bc2b3, as the lead colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Fresh Juice put Mustard Yellow beside #5bc2b3, as the accent.
Sandy Brown #f4a460
triadicshippedSandy Brown completes a triad with #5bc2b3 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #5bc2b3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5bc2b3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.14:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.81:1 | 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 #5bc2b3 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 #5bc2b3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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