Color
#73b2ba
#73b2bargb(115, 178, 186)hsl(187, 34%, 59%)oklch(0.724 0.066 206)Colors that go with #73b2ba
Charcoal, Dark Salmon and 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 #73b2ba: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #73b2ba on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #73b2ba, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #73b2ba in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #73b2ba in 5 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Warp's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #73b2ba'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 #73b2ba: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #73b2ba: 5 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Opensea's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #73b2ba
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #73b2ba as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.38:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.81:1 | 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 #73b2ba 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 #73b2ba and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/73b2ba-a2b8be-df4e83-1f262d-e9f1ee?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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