Color
#1caee3
#1caee3rgb(28, 174, 227)hsl(196, 78%, 50%)oklch(0.704 0.135 230)Colors that go with #1caee3
Charcoal, Amber and Dark Orange 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 #1caee3: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #1caee3 in 5 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange is paired with #1caee3 in 4 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #1caee3 in 6 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #1caee3 in 6 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Kraken's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #1caee3 in 4 real palettes, including Cursor's brand system and Figma's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #1caee3 in 7 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Confluent's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Coral #ff7f50
complementaryCoral sits directly opposite #1caee3 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #1caee3
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1caee3 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.56:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.21:1 | 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 #1caee3 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#1caee3 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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 #1caee3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/1caee3-9cb5c4-df4e6e-1f232d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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