Color
#85dba5
#85dba5rgb(133, 219, 165)hsl(142, 54%, 69%)oklch(0.822 0.114 155.4)Colors that go with #85dba5
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 #85dba5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #85dba5 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 Unity's brand system put Blue beside #85dba5, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #85dba5 in 4 real palettes, including Tiffany & Co.'s brand system and Formula 1's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Fresh Juice and Crayon Box put Mustard Yellow beside #85dba5, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped6 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Still Water put Slate Gray beside #85dba5, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #85dba5 in 26 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Mint Chip, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #85dba5: 5 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Still Water, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #85dba5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85dba5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.66:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.67:1 | 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 #85dba5 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 #85dba5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/85dba5-a2beaf-c659d4-1f2d2a-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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