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Open in tool →Violet plus cyan is the current AI-product signal — pair it with pure black type to keep it from going candy.
Color
#02b6ca
#02b6ca
hex
#02b6cargb
rgb(2, 182, 202)hsl
hsl(186, 98%, 40%)oklch
oklch(0.711 0.122 208.7)Closest name: Aquarius (#2db0ce)Relative luminance 0.3773
Colors that go with #02b6ca
Charcoal, Denim and Dodger Blue 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 #02b6ca: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #02b6ca: 5 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #02b6ca: 4 real palettes, including Figma's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #02b6ca, as the lead colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Mistral AI's brand system and Gopro's brand system put Orange beside #02b6ca, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #02b6ca in 7 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Elastic's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #02b6ca: 4 real palettes, including Deep Water and Ford's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Salmon #fa8072
complementarySalmon sits directly opposite #02b6ca on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #02b6ca
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #02b6ca as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.46:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.55:1 | 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 #02b6ca as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#02b6ca reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #02b6ca
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 #02b6ca and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/02b6ca-a2b8be-df4e86-1f262d-e9f1ee?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