Color
#04bdd2
#04bdd2rgb(4, 189, 210)hsl(186, 96%, 42%)oklch(0.731 0.126 208.9)Colors that go with #04bdd2
Charcoal, Midnight Blue and Mustard Yellow 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 #04bdd2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #04bdd2 in 4 real palettes, including First Snow and Open House, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shippedMustard Yellow is paired with #04bdd2 in 4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Lido, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #04bdd2 in 6 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Cursor's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Salmon #fa8072
complementarySalmon sits directly opposite #04bdd2 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
split-complementshippedDark Orange is a split-complement of #04bdd2: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
split-complementshippedHot Pink is a split-complement of #04bdd2: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Goldenrod #daa520
triadicshippedGoldenrod completes a triad with #04bdd2 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #04bdd2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #04bdd2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.28:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.21:1 | 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 #04bdd2 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#04bdd2 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 #04bdd2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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