Color
#88cdc3
#88cdc3rgb(136, 205, 195)hsl(171, 41%, 67%)oklch(0.8 0.071 184.5)Colors that go with #88cdc3
Charcoal, Lilac 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 #88cdc3: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Lilac #c8a2c8
complementaryshippedLilac sits directly opposite #88cdc3 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #88cdc3, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #88cdc3 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 #88cdc3: 6 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Hunter Green #355e3b
shippedHunter Green is paired with #88cdc3 in 4 real palettes, including Canopy and Pine & Birch, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Telehealth and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #88cdc3, as the text colour against it.
Plum #dda0dd
split-complementshippedPlum is a split-complement of #88cdc3: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #88cdc3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #88cdc3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.82:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.57:1 | 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 #88cdc3 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 #88cdc3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/88cdc3-a2bebd-d459a7-1f292d-e9f1ec?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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