Color
#77b5cf
#77b5cfrgb(119, 181, 207)hsl(198, 48%, 64%)oklch(0.74 0.074 226.4)Colors that go with #77b5cf
Charcoal, Dark Salmon and Amber 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 #77b5cf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #77b5cf on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #77b5cf in 4 real palettes, including Blueprint and NBA's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #77b5cf, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #77b5cf, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #77b5cf in 4 real palettes, including Riot Games's brand system and JBL's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #77b5cf in 4 real palettes, including PayPal's brand system and Learning App, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #77b5cf: 5 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Open House, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #77b5cf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #77b5cf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.26:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.29:1 | 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 #77b5cf 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
#77b5cf reads as cool, modern. 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 #77b5cf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/77b5cf-9cb3c4-df4e69-1f232d-e9f1f0?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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