Color
#85ccb2
#85ccb2rgb(133, 204, 178)hsl(158, 41%, 66%)oklch(0.791 0.081 169.1)Colors that go with #85ccb2
Charcoal, Lilac 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 #85ccb2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #85ccb2 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 Canva's brand system put Blue beside #85ccb2, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #85ccb2: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #85ccb2 in 5 real palettes, including Tiffany & Co.'s brand system and Frost & Ember, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #85ccb2 in 4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #85ccb2: 4 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #85ccb2 in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Neon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #85ccb2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85ccb2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.86:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.28:1 | 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 #85ccb2 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 #85ccb2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/85ccb2-a2beb7-d459c2-1f2c2d-e9f1eb?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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