Color
#08a0aa
#08a0aargb(8, 160, 170)hsl(184, 91%, 35%)oklch(0.643 0.108 202.7)Colors that go with #08a0aa
Charcoal, Red and Copper 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 #08a0aa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Red #ff0000
complementaryshippedRed sits directly opposite #08a0aa on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #08a0aa in 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Clean Beauty, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #08a0aa in 4 real palettes, including Diner and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #08a0aa in 5 real palettes, including Peacock and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #08a0aa in 7 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Tide Pool, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #08a0aa in 4 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Elastic's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #08a0aa in 10 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Still Water, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #08a0aa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #08a0aa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 3.17:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.62:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #08a0aa as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#08a0aa 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 #08a0aa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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