Color
#73bfd4
#73bfd4rgb(115, 191, 212)hsl(193, 53%, 64%)oklch(0.763 0.081 217.5)Colors that go with #73bfd4
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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #73bfd4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #73bfd4 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #73bfd4: 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Clean Beauty, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #73bfd4: 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Open House, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including First Snow and Telehealth put Midnight Blue beside #73bfd4, as the text colour against it.
Periwinkle #ccccff
shippedPeriwinkle shows up next to #73bfd4 in 4 real palettes, including Mistral AI's brand system and Calendly's brand system, as the accent.
Plum #dda0dd
triadicshippedPlum completes a triad with #73bfd4 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #73bfd4: 6 real palettes, including First Snow and Crypto.com's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #73bfd4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #73bfd4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.07:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.13:1 | 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 #73bfd4 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
#73bfd4 reads as cool, modern. 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 #73bfd4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/73bfd4-a2b5be-df4e75-1f242d-e9f1ef?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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