Color

#18b2cd

#18b2cd
hex#18b2cd
rgbrgb(24, 178, 205)
hslhsl(189, 79%, 45%)
oklchoklch(0.703 0.12 214.1)
Closest name: Aquarius (#2db0ce)Relative luminance 0.3644

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#cd3318

#18cd8e · #1858cd

#cd18b2 · #b2cd18

Split-complementary

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#cd1858 · #cd8e18

#8e18cd · #cd3318 · #58cd18

Contrast

#18b2cd as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.53:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #117f92 as the text (4.69:1)
  • AAA: use #0d5f6e as the text (7.29:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #383838 (4.63:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #171717 (7.08:1)
Aaon black
8.29:1passpasspassPasses 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 #18b2cd as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#18b2cd reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #18b2cd
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #18b2cd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/18b2cd-a2b7be-df4e7e-1f252d-e9f1ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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