Deep Water
Open in tool →Cyan and mid-blue on abyss navy with a foam highlight — the ocean at depth; the darker the surface, the brighter the water.
Color
#11afdfrgb(17, 175, 223)hsl(194, 86%, 47%)oklch(0.704 0.133 226.8)Charcoal, Amber and Dark Orange 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 #11afdf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber is paired with #11afdf in 5 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Dark Orange shows up next to #11afdf in 4 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Designers have shipped Denim with #11afdf: 7 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
Designers have shipped Dodger Blue with #11afdf: 4 real palettes, including Figma's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
7 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and SoFi's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #11afdf, as the lead colour.
4 real palettes, including Lido and Crayon Box put Mustard Yellow beside #11afdf, as the accent.
Coral sits directly opposite #11afdf on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
| #11afdf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.55:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.22:1 | 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 #11afdf as the background.
#11afdf 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 #11afdf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/11afdf-9cb6c4-df4e72-1f242d-e9f1ef?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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