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
#0ca1ca
#0ca1ca
hex
#0ca1cargb
rgb(12, 161, 202)hsl
hsl(193, 89%, 42%)oklch
oklch(0.66 0.123 224.7)Closest name: Blue Ocean (#009dc4)Relative luminance 0.2983
Colors that go with #0ca1ca
Charcoal, Amber and Denim 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 #0ca1ca: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #0ca1ca in 4 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Blueprint, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #0ca1ca in 6 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Dusk, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #0ca1ca in 7 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Blue Mono, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #0ca1ca in 7 real palettes, including Launch Orange and Cursor's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
shippedSky Blue is paired with #0ca1ca in 4 real palettes, including Dusty Blue and Still Water, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #0ca1ca in 8 real palettes, including Retool's brand system and Cursor's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Tomato #ff6347
split-complementshippedTomato is a split-complement of #0ca1ca: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #0ca1ca
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0ca1ca as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.01:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.97:1 | 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 #0ca1ca as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#0ca1ca reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #0ca1ca
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #0ca1ca and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/0ca1ca-a2b5be-df4e75-1f242d-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