Color
#78b0aa
#78b0aargb(120, 176, 170)hsl(174, 26%, 58%)oklch(0.717 0.059 187.5)Colors that go with #78b0aa
Charcoal, Blue and Burlywood 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 #78b0aa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #78b0aa, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #78b0aa in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside #78b0aa, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #78b0aa: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Dusk, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #78b0aa in 4 real palettes, including Riot Games's brand system and Diner, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #78b0aa in 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Forest Floor, as the lead colour.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
split-complementshippedDark Salmon is a split-complement of #78b0aa: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #78b0aa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #78b0aa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.44:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.59:1 | 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 #78b0aa 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 #78b0aa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/78b0aa-a2bebe-d459a1-1f292d-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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