Clinic
Open in tool →Teal reads clinical without the coldness of pure blue; the coral accent adds warmth for reassurance moments.
Color
#137996
#137996
hex
#137996rgb
rgb(19, 121, 150)hsl
hsl(193, 78%, 33%)oklch
oklch(0.536 0.096 223.4)Closest name: Bleu Ciel (#007ba1)Relative luminance 0.1602
Colors that go with #137996
Charcoal, Crimson and Denim 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 #137996: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #137996: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
analogousshippedDenim is #137996's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Rust #b7410e
complementaryshippedRust sits directly opposite #137996 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #137996 in 8 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #137996: 7 real palettes, including Glacier and Fintech Trust, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #137996: 5 real palettes, including Dusk and Riverbed, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #137996: 4 real palettes, including Deep Water and Venmo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #137996
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #137996 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.2:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #137996 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
Sapphire & Gold
Open in tool →Deep sapphire and gold with a teal — old-money jewel tones on an ivory ground; heraldic without a crest.
Fonts for this mood
#137996 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #137996
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 #137996 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/137996-a2b5be-df4e75-1f242d-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