Resort
Open in tool →Terracotta, eucalyptus and sand — a sun-washed palette that feels like linen.
Color
#81b697
#81b697
hex
#81b697rgb
rgb(129, 182, 151)hsl
hsl(145, 27%, 61%)oklch
oklch(0.73 0.072 158.4)Closest name: Froggy Pond (#7fba9e)Relative luminance 0.4036
Colors that go with #81b697
Charcoal, Plum 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 #81b697: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #81b697 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Lexus's brand system put Blue beside #81b697, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #81b697 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Darkroom put Champagne beside #81b697, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #81b697: 6 real palettes, including Riverbed and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #81b697 in 4 real palettes, including DuckDuckGo's brand system and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #81b697 in 4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #81b697
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #81b697 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.31:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.07:1 | 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 #81b697 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #81b697
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #81b697 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/81b697-a2beb1-cc59d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?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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