Tide Pool
Open in tool →Sea-green and slate with a coral — a literal tide pool: two cool tones, one warm creature.
Color
#0f9980
#0f9980
hex
#0f9980rgb
rgb(15, 153, 128)hsl
hsl(169, 82%, 33%)oklch
oklch(0.611 0.112 175.3)Closest name: Green Dynasty (#00988e)Relative luminance 0.2444
Colors that go with #0f9980
Charcoal, Copper and Crimson 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 #0f9980: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #0f9980 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #0f9980 in 8 real palettes, including Diner and Five Guys's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #0f9980: 5 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #0f9980, as that palette's text colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #0f9980 in 7 real palettes, including Subaru's brand system and Coinbase's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #0f9980 in 9 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Wellness, as that palette's text colour.
Deep Pink #ff1493
complementaryDeep Pink sits directly opposite #0f9980 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0f9980 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.57:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.89:1 | 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 #0f9980 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #0f9980
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 #0f9980 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/0f9980-a2bebc-d459ab-1f2a2d-e9f1ec?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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