Color
#85fabd
#85fabdrgb(133, 250, 189)hsl(149, 92%, 75%)oklch(0.9 0.138 159.1)Colors that go with #85fabd
Charcoal, Taupe and Violet 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 #85fabd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #85fabd in 5 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Macaron, as the text colour against it.
Violet #ee82ee
complementaryViolet sits directly opposite #85fabd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Plum #dda0dd
split-complementshippedPlum is a split-complement of #85fabd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #85fabd in 3 real palettes, including Formula 1's brand system and Wise's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #85fabd: 3 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Prime Video's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementLight Coral is a split-complement of #85fabd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #85fabd in two real palettes: Wise's brand system and Gatorade's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #85fabd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85fabd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.28:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 16.41:1 | 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 #85fabd 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
#85fabd 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 #85fabd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/85fabd-a2beb3-d459d4-1f2d2c-e9f1e9?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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