Color
#6bd5eb
#6bd5ebrgb(107, 213, 235)hsl(190, 76%, 67%)oklch(0.818 0.102 213)Colors that go with #6bd5eb
Charcoal, Dark Salmon and Dodger 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 #6bd5eb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #6bd5eb on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #6bd5eb: 4 real palettes, including Opensea's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Telehealth and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #6bd5eb, as the text colour against it.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Still Water and Dusty Blue put Slate Gray beside #6bd5eb, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #6bd5eb in 18 real palettes, including Boeing's brand system and Macaron, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #6bd5eb: 4 real palettes, including Oatly's brand system and Mint Chip, as the supporting colour.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementshippedLight Coral is a split-complement of #6bd5eb: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #6bd5eb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #6bd5eb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.7:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.34:1 | 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 #6bd5eb as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#6bd5eb reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #6bd5eb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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