Color
#78d9bd
#78d9bdrgb(120, 217, 189)hsl(163, 56%, 66%)oklch(0.818 0.101 172.9)Colors that go with #78d9bd
Charcoal, Plum and Crimson 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 #78d9bd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #78d9bd 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 #78d9bd in 5 real palettes, including Tiffany & Co.'s brand system and Frost & Ember, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #78d9bd: 5 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped7 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Still Water put Slate Gray beside #78d9bd, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #78d9bd in 23 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Rain Garden, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #78d9bd: 5 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Oatly's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
split-complementshippedDark Salmon is a split-complement of #78d9bd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #78d9bd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #78d9bd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.69:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.46:1 | 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 #78d9bd 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 #78d9bd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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