Color
#8eb4d2
#8eb4d2rgb(142, 180, 210)hsl(206, 43%, 69%)oklch(0.753 0.06 242.4)Colors that go with #8eb4d2
Charcoal, Dark Salmon and Amber 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 #8eb4d2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite #8eb4d2 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #8eb4d2 in 4 real palettes, including Blueprint and NBA's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #8eb4d2, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Estate and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #8eb4d2, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #8eb4d2: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #8eb4d2 in 4 real palettes, including PayPal's brand system and Learning App, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #8eb4d2: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #8eb4d2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #8eb4d2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.19:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.61:1 | 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 #8eb4d2 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
#8eb4d2 reads as cool, modern. 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 #8eb4d2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/8eb4d2-9caec4-df4e56-1f212d-e9f1f1?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