Color
#73d3fc
#73d3fcrgb(115, 211, 252)hsl(198, 96%, 72%)oklch(0.823 0.107 228)Colors that go with #73d3fc
Charcoal, Dodger Blue and Midnight 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 #73d3fc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #73d3fc: 4 real palettes, including Opensea's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Telehealth and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #73d3fc, as the text colour against it.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Still Water and Dusty Blue put Slate Gray beside #73d3fc, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #73d3fc in 13 real palettes, including Boeing's brand system and Macaron, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #73d3fc: 4 real palettes, including Oatly's brand system and Still Water, as the supporting colour.
Coral #ff7f50
complementaryCoral sits directly opposite #73d3fc on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementshippedLight Coral is a split-complement of #73d3fc: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #73d3fc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #73d3fc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.69:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.45:1 | 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 #73d3fc as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#73d3fc reads as cool, vivid, light. 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 #73d3fc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/73d3fc-9cb3c4-df4e69-1f232d-e9f1f0?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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