Color
#73dece
#73decergb(115, 222, 206)hsl(171, 62%, 66%)oklch(0.832 0.102 182.9)Colors that go with #73dece
Charcoal, Light Coral and Deep Sky 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 #73dece: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Light Coral #f08080
complementaryshippedLight Coral sits directly opposite #73dece on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #73dece: 6 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #73dece: 4 real palettes, including Scale AI's brand system and Stone, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped7 real palettes, including Still Water and Ledger Dark put Slate Gray beside #73dece, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #73dece in 20 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Astro's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #73dece: 4 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Oatly's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
split-complementshippedDark Salmon is a split-complement of #73dece: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #73dece
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #73dece as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.61:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.07:1 | 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 #73dece 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 #73dece and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/73dece-a2bebd-d459a7-1f292d-e9f1ec?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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