Lido
Open in tool →Pool blue, watermelon and sun on white — the poolside summer set; the deep teal text keeps it from going juvenile.
Color
#05313ergb(5, 49, 62)hsl(194, 85%, 13%)oklch(0.292 0.051 222.9)Crimson, Denim and Rust 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.
Crimson is a split-complement of #05313e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim is #05313e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Rust sits directly opposite #05313e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sienna is a split-complement of #05313e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal is #05313e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber is paired with #05313e in 10 real palettes, including Beach Hut and McDonald's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
19 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #05313e, as the accent.
White Smoke is the surface for #05313e: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
| #05313e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 13.86:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.52:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #05313e as the background.
#05313e reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #05313e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/05313e-9cb6c4-df4e72-1f242d-e9f1ef?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