Color
#76d5cd
#76d5cdrgb(118, 213, 205)hsl(175, 53%, 65%)oklch(0.812 0.091 188.5)Colors that go with #76d5cd
Charcoal, Light Coral 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 #76d5cd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Light Coral #f08080
complementaryshippedLight Coral sits directly opposite #76d5cd 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 #76d5cd in 4 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and Riot Games's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #76d5cd: 6 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour.
Plum #dda0dd
split-complementshippedPlum is a split-complement of #76d5cd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #76d5cd in 5 real palettes, including Docker's brand system and Telehealth, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped9 real palettes, including Still Water and Dusty Blue put Slate Gray beside #76d5cd, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #76d5cd in 25 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Crayon Box, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #76d5cd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #76d5cd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.73:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.17:1 | 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 #76d5cd 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 #76d5cd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/76d5cd-a2bdbe-d4599f-1f282d-e9f1ed?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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