Color

#72c3da

#72c3da
hex#72c3da
rgbrgb(114, 195, 218)
hslhsl(193, 58%, 65%)
oklchoklch(0.774 0.086 218.2)
Closest name: Dolphin (#86c4da)Relative luminance 0.4767

Colors that go with #72c3da

Charcoal, Dark Salmon and Cadet 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.

Real palettes that use #72c3da

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#da8872

#72dabc · #728fda

#da72c3 · #c3da72

Split-complementary

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#da728f · #dabc72

#bc72da · #da8872 · #8fda72

Contrast

#72c3da as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.99:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #287d95 as the text (4.71:1)
  • AAA: use #1e5f71 as the text (7.17:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #474747 (4.66:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #2b2b2b (7.1:1)
Aaon black
10.53:1passpasspassPasses 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 #72c3da as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

Fonts for this mood

#72c3da reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #72c3da
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #72c3da and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/72c3da-a2b5be-df4e75-1f242d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md