Color
#96e4ae
#96e4aergb(150, 228, 174)hsl(138, 59%, 74%)oklch(0.854 0.108 153.4)Colors that go with #96e4ae
Charcoal, Plum 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 #96e4ae: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryshippedPlum sits directly opposite #96e4ae 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 #96e4ae in 4 real palettes, including Tiffany & Co.'s brand system and Formula 1's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #96e4ae: 4 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Prime Video's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #96e4ae in 4 real palettes, including Wise's brand system and Gatorade's brand system, as the lead colour.
Sage Green #9caf88
shippedDesigners have shipped Sage Green with #96e4ae: 4 real palettes, including Scale AI's brand system and Pine & Birch, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped6 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Still Water put Slate Gray beside #96e4ae, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #96e4ae in 16 real palettes, including Blossom and Mint Chip, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #96e4ae
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #96e4ae as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.5:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.01:1 | 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 #96e4ae as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#96e4ae reads as 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 #96e4ae and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/96e4ae-a2beae-be59d4-1f2d29-ebf1e9?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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