Mint Chip
Open in tool →Mint and celadon with a peach accent — fresh without being clinical; the deep green text keeps it grounded.
Color
#87d9ce
#87d9ce
hex
#87d9cergb
rgb(135, 217, 206)hsl
hsl(172, 52%, 69%)oklch
oklch(0.83 0.082 185)Closest name: Bambino (#8edacc)Relative luminance 0.5923
Colors that go with #87d9ce
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 #87d9ce: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #87d9ce 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 #87d9ce 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 #87d9ce: 7 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including First Snow and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #87d9ce, as the text colour against it.
Plum #dda0dd
split-complementshippedPlum is a split-complement of #87d9ce: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #87d9ce: 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 #87d9ce, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #87d9ce
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #87d9ce as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.63:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.85:1 | 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 #87d9ce as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #87d9ce
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 #87d9ce and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/87d9ce-a2bebe-d459a5-1f292d-e9f1ec?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md