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
#12a2bf
#12a2bf
hex
#12a2bfrgb
rgb(18, 162, 191)hsl
hsl(190, 83%, 41%)oklch
oklch(0.658 0.115 217)Closest name: Blue Ocean (#009dc4)Relative luminance 0.2973
Colors that go with #12a2bf
Charcoal, Orange Red and Midnight Blue 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 #12a2bf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Orange Red #ff4500
complementaryshippedOrange Red sits directly opposite #12a2bf on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #12a2bf in 6 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Open House, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #12a2bf in 10 real palettes, including Retool's brand system and Still Water, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Pink #ff1493
split-complementshippedDeep Pink is a split-complement of #12a2bf: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #12a2bf in 3 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Blueprint, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #12a2bf in 3 real palettes, including Peacock and Dusk, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod is paired with #12a2bf in 3 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Open House, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #12a2bf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #12a2bf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.02:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.95:1 | 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 #12a2bf as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#12a2bf reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #12a2bf
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #12a2bf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/12a2bf-a2b6be-df4e7c-1f252d-e9f1ef?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