Color
#05ada5
#05ada5rgb(5, 173, 165)hsl(177, 94%, 35%)oklch(0.674 0.116 188.9)Colors that go with #05ada5
Charcoal, Denim and Midnight 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 #05ada5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #05ada5: 5 real palettes, including Peacock and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Confluent's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #05ada5, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #05ada5 in 6 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Confluent's brand system, as the accent.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #05ada5: 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Deep Water, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #05ada5 in 12 real palettes, including Resort and Crayon Box, as the text colour against it.
Pale Violet Red #db7093
complementaryPale Violet Red sits directly opposite #05ada5 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Tomato #ff6347
split-complementshippedTomato is a split-complement of #05ada5: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #05ada5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #05ada5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.79:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.53:1 | 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 #05ada5 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #05ada5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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