Color
#12aba3
#12aba3rgb(18, 171, 163)hsl(177, 81%, 37%)oklch(0.669 0.114 188.8)Colors that go with #12aba3
Charcoal, Denim 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 #12aba3: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #12aba3: 5 real palettes, including Peacock and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #12aba3, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #12aba3 in 6 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Confluent's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #12aba3 in 12 real palettes, including Resort and Rain Garden, as the text colour against it.
Pale Violet Red #db7093
complementaryPale Violet Red sits directly opposite #12aba3 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Tomato #ff6347
split-complementshippedTomato is a split-complement of #12aba3: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped3 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Estate put Blush Pink beside #12aba3, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #12aba3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #12aba3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.85:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.38:1 | 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 #12aba3 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 #12aba3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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