Color
#5ec5bb
#5ec5bbrgb(94, 197, 187)hsl(174, 47%, 57%)oklch(0.759 0.097 186.9)Colors that go with #5ec5bb
Charcoal, Dodger Blue and Midnight 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 #5ec5bb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #5ec5bb: 4 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Unity's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #5ec5bb, as the lead colour.
Plum #dda0dd
triadicshippedPlum completes a triad with #5ec5bb — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #5ec5bb in 6 real palettes, including Brilliant's brand system and Khan Academy's brand system, as the accent.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped10 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Still Water put Slate Gray beside #5ec5bb, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #5ec5bb: 4 real palettes, including Deep Water and Ford's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #5ec5bb in 24 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Resort, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #5ec5bb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #5ec5bb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.06:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.18:1 | 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 #5ec5bb 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 #5ec5bb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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