Color
#74cdaf
#74cdafrgb(116, 205, 175)hsl(160, 47%, 63%)oklch(0.784 0.097 169.9)Colors that go with #74cdaf
Charcoal, Plum and Hunter Green 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.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #74cdaf on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #74cdaf in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Neon's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shippedMustard Yellow is paired with #74cdaf in 4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Fresh Juice, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #74cdaf in 9 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Still Water, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #74cdaf in 23 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Crayon Box, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedWheat is paired with #74cdaf in 4 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Resort, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
split-complementshippedDark Salmon is a split-complement of #74cdaf: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #74cdaf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #74cdaf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.89:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.09:1 | 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 #74cdaf 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 #74cdaf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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