Color
#78b0bf
#78b0bfrgb(120, 176, 191)hsl(193, 36%, 61%)oklch(0.724 0.062 216.4)Colors that go with #78b0bf
Charcoal, Dark Salmon and 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 #78b0bf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #78b0bf on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Uber's brand system put Blue beside #78b0bf, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #78b0bf in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
analogousshippedCornflower Blue is #78b0bf's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #78b0bf in 4 real palettes, including Riot Games's brand system and JBL's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #78b0bf in 5 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Warp's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #78b0bf: 6 real palettes, including Open House and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #78b0bf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #78b0bf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.4:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.76:1 | 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 #78b0bf 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
#78b0bf 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 #78b0bf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/78b0bf-a2b5be-df4e75-1f242d-e9f1ef?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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