Color
#87aec0
#87aec0rgb(135, 174, 192)hsl(199, 31%, 64%)oklch(0.729 0.05 227.9)Colors that go with #87aec0
Charcoal, Dark Salmon and Amber 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 #87aec0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #87aec0 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #87aec0 in 4 real palettes, including Blueprint and NBA's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Uber's brand system put Blue beside #87aec0, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #87aec0 in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Darkroom put Champagne beside #87aec0, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #87aec0: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #87aec0 in 4 real palettes, including Riot Games's brand system and JBL's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #87aec0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #87aec0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.37:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.85:1 | 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 #87aec0 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 #87aec0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/87aec0-9cb3c4-df4e66-1f232d-e9f1f0?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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