Color
#73d4ed
#73d4edrgb(115, 212, 237)hsl(192, 77%, 69%)oklch(0.82 0.098 216.6)Colors that go with #73d4ed
Charcoal, Dark Salmon and Crimson 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 #73d4ed: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #73d4ed on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #73d4ed in 5 real palettes, including Tiffany & Co.'s brand system and Frost & Ember, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #73d4ed: 4 real palettes, including UEFA's brand system and Nikon's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #73d4ed: 5 real palettes, including Opensea's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Telehealth and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #73d4ed, as the text colour against it.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped5 real palettes, including Still Water and Dusty Blue put Slate Gray beside #73d4ed, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #73d4ed in 18 real palettes, including Boeing's brand system and Macaron, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #73d4ed
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #73d4ed as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.7:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.37:1 | 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 #73d4ed as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#73d4ed reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #73d4ed and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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