Color
#0fa997
#0fa997rgb(15, 169, 151)hsl(173, 84%, 36%)oklch(0.66 0.116 181.6)Colors that go with #0fa997
Charcoal, Cornflower Blue 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 #0fa997: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #0fa997: 4 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Arctic, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #0fa997 in 4 real palettes, including Diner and DuckDuckGo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #0fa997, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #0fa997 in 6 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Confluent's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #0fa997 in 11 real palettes, including Resort and Rain Garden, as the text colour against it.
Deep Pink #ff1493
complementaryDeep Pink sits directly opposite #0fa997 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 #0fa997: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #0fa997
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0fa997 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.94:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.14:1 | 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 #0fa997 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 #0fa997 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/0fa997-a2bebe-d459a3-1f292d-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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