Color
#74c3aa
#74c3aargb(116, 195, 170)hsl(161, 40%, 61%)oklch(0.759 0.087 171.6)Colors that go with #74c3aa
Charcoal, Blue and Copper 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 #74c3aa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Uber's brand system put Blue beside #74c3aa, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #74c3aa: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Riverbed, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #74c3aa in 4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #74c3aa in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Pine & Birch, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Open House and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #74c3aa, as the text colour against it.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Fresh Juice put Mustard Yellow beside #74c3aa, as the accent.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryLilac sits directly opposite #74c3aa on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #74c3aa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #74c3aa 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 #74c3aa 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 #74c3aa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/74c3aa-a2beb8-d459bb-1f2c2d-e9f1eb?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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