Color
#85eadd
#85eaddrgb(133, 234, 221)hsl(172, 71%, 72%)oklch(0.872 0.097 184.9)Colors that go with #85eadd
Charcoal, Light Coral and Deep Sky 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 #85eadd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Light Coral #f08080
complementaryshippedLight Coral sits directly opposite #85eadd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #85eadd: 7 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Lilac #c8a2c8
triadicshippedLilac completes a triad with #85eadd — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #85eadd: 4 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Stone, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped5 real palettes, including Ink Wash and Still Water put Slate Gray beside #85eadd, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #85eadd in 17 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Astro's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #85eadd: 4 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Sorbet, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #85eadd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85eadd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.42:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.81:1 | 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 #85eadd 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
#85eadd 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 #85eadd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/85eadd-a2bebe-d459a5-1f292d-e9f1ec?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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