Mint Chip
Open in tool →Mint and celadon with a peach accent — fresh without being clinical; the deep green text keeps it grounded.
Color
#86dac6
#86dac6
hex
#86dac6rgb
rgb(134, 218, 198)hsl
hsl(166, 53%, 69%)oklch
oklch(0.829 0.087 177.1)Closest name: Cabbage (#87d7be)Relative luminance 0.5929
Colors that go with #86dac6
Charcoal, Lilac 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 #86dac6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #86dac6 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 #86dac6 in 5 real palettes, including Tiffany & Co.'s brand system and Frost & Ember, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #86dac6: 7 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including First Snow and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #86dac6, as the text colour against it.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #86dac6: 4 real palettes, including Stone and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped9 real palettes, including Still Water and Dusty Blue put Slate Gray beside #86dac6, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #86dac6 in 25 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Blossom, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #86dac6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #86dac6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.63:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.86:1 | 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 #86dac6 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #86dac6
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #86dac6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/86dac6-a2bebb-d459b1-1f2a2d-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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