Color
#85dbc0
#85dbc0rgb(133, 219, 192)hsl(161, 54%, 69%)oklch(0.829 0.093 171.9)Colors that go with #85dbc0
Charcoal, Lilac 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 #85dbc0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #85dbc0 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 #85dbc0 in 6 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 #85dbc0: 7 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #85dbc0: 4 real palettes, including Scale AI's brand system and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped8 real palettes, including Still Water and Ledger Dark put Slate Gray beside #85dbc0, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #85dbc0 in 24 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Blossom, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #85dbc0: 5 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Oatly's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #85dbc0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85dbc0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.63:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.89:1 | 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 #85dbc0 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 #85dbc0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/85dbc0-a2beb8-d459bb-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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