Color
#79cdc5
#79cdc5rgb(121, 205, 197)hsl(174, 46%, 64%)oklch(0.793 0.083 187.8)Colors that go with #79cdc5
Charcoal, Dark Salmon 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 #79cdc5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #79cdc5 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 #79cdc5 in 4 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and Riot Games's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #79cdc5: 6 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Max's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #79cdc5: 4 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Opensea's brand system, as the accent.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #79cdc5 in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Neon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Telehealth and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #79cdc5, as the text colour against it.
Plum #dda0dd
split-complementshippedPlum is a split-complement of #79cdc5: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #79cdc5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #79cdc5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.85:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.35:1 | 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 #79cdc5 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 #79cdc5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/79cdc5-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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