Lido
Open in tool →Pool blue, watermelon and sun on white — the poolside summer set; the deep teal text keeps it from going juvenile.
Color
#11a7bbrgb(17, 167, 187)hsl(187, 83%, 40%)oklch(0.668 0.113 210.1)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.
Charcoal is the text near-black for #11a7bb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Tomato sits directly opposite #11a7bb on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber is paired with #11a7bb in 4 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Designers have shipped Denim with #11a7bb: 5 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Designers have shipped Dodger Blue with #11a7bb: 4 real palettes, including Figma's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the accent.
10 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Confluent's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #11a7bb, as the accent.
4 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Mistral AI's brand system put Orange beside #11a7bb, as the accent.
Designers have shipped Powder Blue with #11a7bb: 4 real palettes, including First Snow and Calendly's brand system, as the accent.
| #11a7bb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.89:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.27:1 | 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 #11a7bb as the background.
#11a7bb reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #11a7bb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/11a7bb-a2b8be-df4e83-1f262d-e9f1ee?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md