Alpine
Open in tool →Glacier blue with a safety-orange accent: technical outdoor gear, not lifestyle.
Color
#73a2b5
#73a2b5
hex
#73a2b5rgb
rgb(115, 162, 181)hsl
hsl(197, 31%, 58%)oklch
oklch(0.685 0.058 225)Closest name: Blank Stare (#8b9cac)Relative luminance 0.3282
Colors that go with #73a2b5
Charcoal, Peru and Amber 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 #73a2b5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Peru #cd853f
complementaryshippedPeru sits directly opposite #73a2b5 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #73a2b5 in 5 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Blueprint, as the lead colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #73a2b5 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Coastal, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #73a2b5: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
analogousshippedCornflower Blue is #73a2b5's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #73a2b5: 6 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #73a2b5: 4 real palettes, including Studio Grey and Patreon's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #73a2b5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #73a2b5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.78:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.56:1 | 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 #73a2b5 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #73a2b5
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #73a2b5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/73a2b5-9cb4c4-df4e6b-1f232d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md