Color
#89d9dc
#89d9dcrgb(137, 217, 220)hsl(182, 54%, 70%)oklch(0.835 0.079 198.8)Colors that go with #89d9dc
Charcoal, Dark Salmon 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 #89d9dc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #89d9dc 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 #89d9dc in 4 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and Formula 1's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #89d9dc: 7 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Mistral AI's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including First Snow and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #89d9dc, as the text colour against it.
Plum #dda0dd
triadicshippedPlum completes a triad with #89d9dc — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped8 real palettes, including Still Water and Dusty Blue put Slate Gray beside #89d9dc, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #89d9dc in 22 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Macaron, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #89d9dc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #89d9dc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.61:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 13.02:1 | 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 #89d9dc as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#89d9dc reads as cool, light, clean. 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 #89d9dc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/89d9dc-a2babe-d45990-1f272d-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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