Resort
Open in tool →Terracotta, eucalyptus and sand — a sun-washed palette that feels like linen.
Color
#87ab99
#87ab99
hex
#87ab99rgb
rgb(135, 171, 153)hsl
hsl(150, 18%, 60%)oklch
oklch(0.709 0.047 163.3)Closest name: Catnip (#80aa95)Relative luminance 0.3658
Colors that go with #87ab99
Charcoal, Blue and Burlywood 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 #87ab99: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Lexus's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #87ab99, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #87ab99 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Darkroom put Champagne beside #87ab99, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #87ab99: 8 real palettes, including Riverbed and Dusk, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #87ab99 in 5 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Olive Grove, as the lead colour.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
triadicshippedDark Salmon completes a triad with #87ab99 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #87ab99: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #87ab99
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #87ab99 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.53:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.32:1 | 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 #87ab99 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #87ab99
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 #87ab99 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/87ab99-a2beb3-d459d2-1f2d2c-e9f1ea?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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