Color
#0bcdf4
#0bcdf4rgb(11, 205, 244)hsl(190, 91%, 50%)oklch(0.784 0.14 218.3)Colors that go with #0bcdf4
Charcoal, Midnight Blue and Royal 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 #0bcdf4: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Telehealth and Kraken's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #0bcdf4, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #0bcdf4 in 6 real palettes, including 1password's brand system and Telehealth, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #0bcdf4 in 9 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Astro's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Salmon #fa8072
complementarySalmon sits directly opposite #0bcdf4 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementshippedLight Coral is a split-complement of #0bcdf4: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #0bcdf4 in 3 real palettes, including Blueprint and Salesforce's brand system, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #0bcdf4 in 3 real palettes, including Circuit and Taco Bell's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #0bcdf4
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0bcdf4 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.9:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.05:1 | 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 #0bcdf4 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#0bcdf4 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 #0bcdf4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/0bcdf4-a2b6be-df4e7c-1f252d-e9f1ef?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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