Named color
Dolphin
#86c4dargb(134, 196, 218)hsl(196, 53%, 69%)oklch(0.786 0.071 222.2)Dolphin on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the curated palettes it appears in and any public brand that adopts it.
Colors that go with Dolphin
Charcoal, Dark Salmon and Denim 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 Dolphin: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Salmon #e9967a
complementaryshippedDark Salmon sits directly opposite Dolphin on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with Dolphin: 4 real palettes, including UEFA's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Telehealth and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside Dolphin, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with Dolphin in 6 real palettes, including Telehealth and 1password's brand system, as the lead colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped8 real palettes, including Still Water and Dusty Blue put Slate Gray beside Dolphin, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with Dolphin in 26 real palettes, including Raycast's brand system and Still Water, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with Dolphin: 6 real palettes, including Oatly's brand system and Still Water, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use Dolphin
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Dolphin as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.92:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.92:1 | 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 Dolphin 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
Dolphin 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 #86c4da and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/86c4da-9cb5c4-df4e6e-1f232d-e9f1ef?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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