Polaroid
Open in tool →Washed coral, faded aqua and a mustard — the 1970s film look, desaturated so it feels found rather than designed.
Color
#8eb4af
#8eb4af
hex
#8eb4afrgb
rgb(142, 180, 175)hsl
hsl(172, 20%, 63%)oklch
oklch(0.741 0.042 186.4)Closest name: Cool (#96b3b3)Relative luminance 0.4149
Colors that go with #8eb4af
Charcoal, Blue and Blush Pink 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 #8eb4af: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Lexus's brand system put Blue beside #8eb4af, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #8eb4af, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #8eb4af in 4 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Forest Floor put Champagne beside #8eb4af, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #8eb4af: 6 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Riverbed, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #8eb4af in 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Olive Grove, as the lead colour.
Plum #dda0dd
split-complementshippedPlum is a split-complement of #8eb4af: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #8eb4af
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8eb4af as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.26:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.3:1 | 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 #8eb4af as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #8eb4af
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 #8eb4af and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/8eb4af-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.
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