Polaroid
Open in tool →Washed coral, faded aqua and a mustard — the 1970s film look, desaturated so it feels found rather than designed.
Color
#90b2a8
#90b2a8
hex
#90b2a8rgb
rgb(144, 178, 168)hsl
hsl(162, 18%, 63%)oklch
oklch(0.735 0.04 175.4)Closest name: Cool (#96b3b3)Relative luminance 0.406
Colors that go with #90b2a8
Charcoal, Blue and Burlywood 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 #90b2a8: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Lexus's brand system and Uber's brand system put Blue beside #90b2a8, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #90b2a8 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 #90b2a8, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #90b2a8: 6 real palettes, including Riverbed and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #90b2a8 in 4 real palettes, including Oatmeal and Olive Grove, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #90b2a8: 4 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Plum #dda0dd
split-complementshippedPlum is a split-complement of #90b2a8: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #90b2a8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #90b2a8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.3:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.12:1 | 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 #90b2a8 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 #90b2a8
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 #90b2a8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/90b2a8-a2beb9-d459b9-1f2b2d-e9f1eb?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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