Color
#02a3ac
#02a3acrgb(2, 163, 172)hsl(183, 98%, 34%)oklch(0.651 0.111 201.8)Colors that go with #02a3ac
Charcoal, Orange Red 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 #02a3ac: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Orange Red #ff4500
complementaryshippedOrange Red sits directly opposite #02a3ac 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 #02a3ac in 5 real palettes, including Diner and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #02a3ac: 5 real palettes, including Peacock and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and SoFi's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #02a3ac, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #02a3ac in 4 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Elastic's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #02a3ac's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #02a3ac in 9 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Still Water, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #02a3ac
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #02a3ac as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.07:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.84:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #02a3ac as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#02a3ac reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #02a3ac and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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