Color
#78b8bf
#78b8bfrgb(120, 184, 191)hsl(186, 36%, 61%)oklch(0.742 0.066 204.6)Colors that go with #78b8bf
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Dark Salmon 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 #78b8bf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #78b8bf's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #78b8bf on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #78b8bf, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Estate put Blush Pink beside #78b8bf, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #78b8bf: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Dusk, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #78b8bf in 5 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Oatmeal, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #78b8bf: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #78b8bf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #78b8bf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.23:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.41:1 | 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 #78b8bf 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
#78b8bf 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 #78b8bf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/78b8bf-a2b8be-df4e86-1f262d-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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