Color
#86dfbe
#86dfbergb(134, 223, 190)hsl(158, 58%, 70%)oklch(0.838 0.099 168.2)Colors that go with #86dfbe
Charcoal, Lilac 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 #86dfbe: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #86dfbe 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 #86dfbe: 7 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Prime Video's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including First Snow and Allbirds's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #86dfbe, as the text colour against it.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #86dfbe: 4 real palettes, including Scale AI's brand system and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped7 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Still Water put Slate Gray beside #86dfbe, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #86dfbe in 24 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Blossom, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #86dfbe: 4 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Oatly's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #86dfbe
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #86dfbe as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.58:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.31:1 | 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 #86dfbe 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
#86dfbe reads as 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 #86dfbe and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/86dfbe-a2beb7-d459c2-1f2c2d-e9f1eb?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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