Color
#71dad5
#71dad5rgb(113, 218, 213)hsl(177, 59%, 65%)oklch(0.824 0.098 191.3)Colors that go with #71dad5
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Light Coral 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 #71dad5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #71dad5's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Light Coral #f08080
complementaryshippedLight Coral sits directly opposite #71dad5 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 #71dad5 in 4 real palettes, including Tiffany & Co.'s brand system and Frost & Ember, as the supporting colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #71dad5: 4 real palettes, including Stone and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped8 real palettes, including Still Water and Dusty Blue put Slate Gray beside #71dad5, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #71dad5 in 23 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Boeing's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Raycast's brand system put Tomato beside #71dad5, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #71dad5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #71dad5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.65:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.69:1 | 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 #71dad5 as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #71dad5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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