Color

#10ace5

#10ace5
hex#10ace5
rgbrgb(16, 172, 229)
hslhsl(196, 87%, 48%)
oklchoklch(0.699 0.14 231.6)
Closest name: Cousteau (#55a9d6)Relative luminance 0.3527

Colors that go with #10ace5

Charcoal, Tomato and Amber 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#e54910

#10e5b3 · #1042e5

#e510ac · #ace510

Split-complementary

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#e51042 · #e5b310

#b310e5 · #e54910 · #42e510

Contrast

#10ace5 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.61:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #0c7da7 as the text (4.66:1)
  • AAA: use #095d7c as the text (7.32:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #363636 (4.63:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #141414 (7.07:1)
Aaon black
8.05:1passpasspassPasses 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 #10ace5 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#10ace5 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #10ace5
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #10ace5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/10ace5-9cb5c4-df4e6e-1f232d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md