Color
#5dead2
#5dead2rgb(93, 234, 210)hsl(170, 77%, 64%)oklch(0.854 0.126 179.9)Colors that go with #5dead2
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Taupe 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 #5dead2: 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 #5dead2: 4 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Prime Video's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #5dead2 in 11 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Mint Chip, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #5dead2: 4 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Oatly's brand system, as the accent.
Light Coral #f08080
complementaryLight Coral sits directly opposite #5dead2 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 #5dead2 in 3 real palettes, including Formula 1's brand system and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Light Pink #ffb6c1
shippedLight Pink shows up next to #5dead2 in 3 real palettes, including Macaron and Pastel Pop, as the lead colour.
Plum #dda0dd
triadicshippedPlum completes a triad with #5dead2 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #5dead2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5dead2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.48:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.17:1 | 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 #5dead2 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 #5dead2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5dead2-a2bebd-d459a9-1f292d-e9f1ec?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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