Color

#12a3ba

#12a3ba
hex#12a3ba
rgbrgb(18, 163, 186)
hslhsl(188, 82%, 40%)
oklchoklch(0.658 0.112 212.6)
Closest name: Blue Ocean (#009dc4)Relative luminance 0.2987

Colors that go with #12a3ba

Charcoal, Orange Red 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.

Real palettes that use #12a3ba

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#ba2912

#12ba7c · #1250ba

#ba12a3 · #a3ba12

Split-complementary

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#ba1250 · #ba7c12

#7c12ba · #ba2912 · #50ba12

Contrast

#12a3ba as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.01:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #0e7f90 as the text (4.71:1)
  • AAA: use #0b626f as the text (7.02:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #2e2e2e (4.51:1)
Aaon black
6.97:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #13a7be as the text (7.3:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #12a3ba as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#12a3ba reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #12a3ba
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 #12a3ba and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/12a3ba-a2b7be-df4e81-1f252d-e9f1ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md