Color
#11a69a
#11a69argb(17, 166, 154)hsl(175, 81%, 36%)oklch(0.654 0.112 185.7)Colors that go with #11a69a
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 #11a69a: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #11a69a in 4 real palettes, including Diner and DuckDuckGo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #11a69a: 4 real palettes, including Peacock and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #11a69a, as that palette's text colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #11a69a in 6 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Confluent's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #11a69a in 10 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Still Water, as that palette's text colour.
Deep Pink #ff1493
complementaryDeep Pink sits directly opposite #11a69a 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 #11a69a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #11a69a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #11a69a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.02:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.94:1 | 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 #11a69a 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 #11a69a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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