Color
#78d5dd
#78d5ddrgb(120, 213, 221)hsl(185, 60%, 67%)oklch(0.818 0.089 202.8)Colors that go with #78d5dd
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 #78d5dd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #78d5dd'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 #78d5dd 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 #78d5dd in 5 real palettes, including Tiffany & Co.'s brand system and Frost & Ember, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #78d5dd: 4 real palettes, including Opensea's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Telehealth and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #78d5dd, as the text colour against it.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped8 real palettes, including Still Water and Dusty Blue put Slate Gray beside #78d5dd, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #78d5dd in 24 real palettes, including Boeing's brand system and Mint Chip, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #78d5dd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #78d5dd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.7:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.36:1 | 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 #78d5dd as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#78d5dd reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #78d5dd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/78d5dd-a2b8be-df4e88-1f262d-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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