Color
#88acaf
#88acafrgb(136, 172, 175)hsl(185, 20%, 61%)oklch(0.719 0.039 202.6)Colors that go with #88acaf
Charcoal, Dark Salmon and 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 #88acaf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #88acaf on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Lexus's brand system put Blue beside #88acaf, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #88acaf in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Darkroom put Champagne beside #88acaf, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #88acaf: 7 real palettes, including Riverbed and Dusk, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #88acaf in 5 real palettes, including Riot Games's brand system and Diner, as the supporting colour.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #88acaf in 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Olive Grove, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #88acaf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #88acaf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.45:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.57:1 | 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 #88acaf 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 #88acaf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/88acaf-a2b8be-df4e88-1f262d-e9f1ee?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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