Color

#14b5bd

#14b5bd
hex#14b5bd
rgbrgb(20, 181, 189)
hslhsl(183, 81%, 41%)
oklchoklch(0.704 0.117 200.6)
Closest name: lightseagreen (#20b2aa)Relative luminance 0.3687

Colors that go with #14b5bd

Charcoal, Denim and Dodger 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#bd1c14

#14bd71 · #1460bd

#bd14b5 · #b5bd14

Split-complementary

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#bd1460 · #bd7114

#7114bd · #bd1c14 · #60bd14

Contrast

#14b5bd as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.51:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #0e8086 as the text (4.72:1)
  • AAA: use #0b6166 as the text (7.2:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #383838 (4.68:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #171717 (7.15:1)
Aaon black
8.37:1passpasspassPasses 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 #14b5bd as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

Fonts for this mood

#14b5bd reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #14b5bd
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 #14b5bd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/14b5bd-a2b9be-d4598e-1f262d-e9f1ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md