Color
#85efda
#85efdargb(133, 239, 218)hsl(168, 77%, 73%)oklch(0.882 0.104 179.4)Colors that go with #85efda
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Lilac 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 #85efda: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #85efda: 7 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Lilac #c8a2c8
triadicshippedLilac completes a triad with #85efda — 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 #85efda: 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 #85efda, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #85efda in 16 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Mint Chip, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #85efda: 4 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Sorbet, as the accent.
Light Coral #f08080
complementaryLight Coral sits directly opposite #85efda on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #85efda
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85efda as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.37:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 15.36:1 | 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 #85efda 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
#85efda 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 #85efda and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/85efda-a2bebc-d459ad-1f2a2d-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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