Color
#61b8a4
#61b8a4rgb(97, 184, 164)hsl(166, 38%, 55%)oklch(0.722 0.09 176.8)Colors that go with #61b8a4
Charcoal, Dark Olive Green and Dark Salmon 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 #61b8a4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #61b8a4 in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
triadicshippedDark Salmon completes a triad with #61b8a4 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #61b8a4: 4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Confluent's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #61b8a4, as the accent.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped5 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Fresh Juice put Mustard Yellow beside #61b8a4, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #61b8a4 in 4 real palettes, including Brilliant's brand system and Khan Academy's brand system, as the accent.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped9 real palettes, including Indigo SaaS and Ledger Dark put Slate Gray beside #61b8a4, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #61b8a4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #61b8a4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.36:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.9:1 | 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 #61b8a4 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 #61b8a4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/61b8a4-a2bebb-d459b1-1f2a2d-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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