Color
#87d5ed
#87d5edrgb(135, 213, 237)hsl(194, 74%, 73%)oklch(0.831 0.084 219.5)Colors that go with #87d5ed
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Dark Salmon 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 #87d5ed: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #87d5ed's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #87d5ed 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 #87d5ed in 6 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #87d5ed: 5 real palettes, including Opensea's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Telehealth and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #87d5ed, as the text colour against it.
Plum #dda0dd
triadicshippedPlum completes a triad with #87d5ed — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped7 real palettes, including Still Water and Dusty Blue put Slate Gray beside #87d5ed, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #87d5ed
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #87d5ed as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.64:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.77:1 | 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 #87d5ed as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#87d5ed reads as cool, vivid, light. 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 #87d5ed and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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