Color
#0ca69e
#0ca69ergb(12, 166, 158)hsl(177, 87%, 35%)oklch(0.654 0.112 188.7)Colors that go with #0ca69e
Charcoal, Crimson 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 #0ca69e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #0ca69e in 4 real palettes, including Diner and DuckDuckGo's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #0ca69e in 4 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 #0ca69e in 6 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 #0ca69e in 6 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Khan Academy's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #0ca69e in 11 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Still Water, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Pink #ff1493
complementaryDeep Pink sits directly opposite #0ca69e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Orange Red #ff4500
split-complementshippedOrange Red is a split-complement of #0ca69e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #0ca69e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0ca69e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.02:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.96:1 | 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 #0ca69e 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 #0ca69e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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