Color
#86d0cb
#86d0cbrgb(134, 208, 203)hsl(176, 44%, 67%)oklch(0.808 0.074 190.4)Colors that go with #86d0cb
Charcoal, Dark Salmon 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 #86d0cb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #86d0cb 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 #86d0cb in 4 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and Riot Games's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #86d0cb: 6 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Max's brand system, as the lead colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #86d0cb in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Neon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Telehealth and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #86d0cb, as the text colour against it.
Plum #dda0dd
split-complementshippedPlum is a split-complement of #86d0cb: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #86d0cb in 4 real palettes, including Telehealth and Docker's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #86d0cb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #86d0cb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.76:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.9:1 | 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 #86d0cb 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 #86d0cb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/86d0cb-a2bdbe-d4599d-1f282d-e9f1ed?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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