Color
#0a686b
#0a686brgb(10, 104, 107)hsl(182, 83%, 23%)oklch(0.471 0.078 198.4)Colors that go with #0a686b
Charcoal, Crimson and Cadet 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 #0a686b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
complementaryshippedCrimson sits directly opposite #0a686b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #0a686b: 4 real palettes, including Alpine and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Darkroom and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #0a686b, as the surface under it.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #0a686b: 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #0a686b: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #0a686b: 11 real palettes, including The New York Times's brand system and HP's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #0a686b: 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Wendy's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #0a686b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0a686b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.55:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.21:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #0a686b as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#0a686b 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 #0a686b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/0a686b-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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