Color
#5ea0b0
#5ea0b0rgb(94, 160, 176)hsl(192, 34%, 53%)oklch(0.668 0.071 215.1)Colors that go with #5ea0b0
Charcoal, Terracotta and Amber 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 #5ea0b0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Terracotta #e2725b
complementaryshippedTerracotta sits directly opposite #5ea0b0 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #5ea0b0 in 4 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #5ea0b0 in 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Polaroid, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #5ea0b0: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
analogousshippedCornflower Blue is #5ea0b0's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #5ea0b0 in 4 real palettes, including Diner and Riot Games's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #5ea0b0: 6 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #5ea0b0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5ea0b0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.94:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.13:1 | 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 #5ea0b0 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 #5ea0b0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/5ea0b0-a2b5be-df4e77-1f242d-e9f1ef?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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