Color
#74ebf1
#74ebf1rgb(116, 235, 241)hsl(183, 82%, 70%)oklch(0.874 0.108 199.8)Colors that go with #74ebf1
Charcoal, Deep Sky 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 #74ebf1: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #74ebf1's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #74ebf1, as the text colour against it.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #74ebf1 in 15 real palettes, including Macaron and Nursery, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #74ebf1: 4 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Sorbet, as the accent.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryDark Salmon sits directly opposite #74ebf1 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Plum #dda0dd
split-complementshippedPlum is a split-complement of #74ebf1: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #74ebf1 in 3 real palettes, including Tiffany & Co.'s brand system and Frost & Ember, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #74ebf1
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #74ebf1 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.41:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.9:1 | 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 #74ebf1 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#74ebf1 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 #74ebf1 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/74ebf1-a2b9be-d4598e-1f262d-e9f1ee?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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