Color
#04aeb4
#04aeb4rgb(4, 174, 180)hsl(182, 96%, 36%)oklch(0.682 0.116 199.2)Colors that go with #04aeb4
Charcoal, Tomato 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 #04aeb4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Tomato #ff6347
complementaryshippedTomato sits directly opposite #04aeb4 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 #04aeb4: 6 real palettes, including Peacock and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #04aeb4: 4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Figma's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Confluent's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #04aeb4, as the lead colour.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Mint Modern and Gopro's brand system put Orange beside #04aeb4, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #04aeb4 in 4 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Khan Academy's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
shippedSky Blue is paired with #04aeb4 in 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Dusty Blue, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #04aeb4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #04aeb4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.72:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.72:1 | 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 #04aeb4 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
#04aeb4 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 #04aeb4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/04aeb4-a2babe-d45990-1f272d-e9f1ee?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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