Color
#85eaaf
#85eaafrgb(133, 234, 175)hsl(145, 71%, 72%)oklch(0.86 0.127 156.8)Colors that go with #85eaaf
Plum, Taupe and Charcoal 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.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #85eaaf on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #85eaaf in 5 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Macaron, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #85eaaf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Lilac #c8a2c8
split-complementLilac is a split-complement of #85eaaf: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementLight Coral is a split-complement of #85eaaf: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #85eaaf in two real palettes: Uber's brand system and MongoDB's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #85eaaf in two real palettes: Rain Garden and Nursery, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
triadicDark Salmon completes a triad with #85eaaf — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #85eaaf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85eaaf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.46:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.39:1 | 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 #85eaaf as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#85eaaf reads as vivid, light, clean. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #85eaaf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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