#1cbcd4 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	2.28:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #138090 as the text (4.65:1) AAA: use #0e606c as the text (7.22:1) AA: or shift the background to #404040 (4.54:1) AAA: or shift the background to #212121 (7.05:1)
Aaon black	9.19:1	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 #1cbcd4 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

7c3aed 0a0a0a 06b6d4 ffffff

Circuit

Open in tool →

Violet plus cyan is the current AI-product signal — pair it with pure black type to keep it from going candy.

Technical Vivid Bold

Fonts for this mood

#1cbcd4 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Technical fonts →Modern fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #1cbcd4

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 #1cbcd4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/1cbcd4-a2b7be-df4e81-1f252d-e9f1ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md