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Color
#1dbcd7
#1dbcd7
hex
#1dbcd7rgb
rgb(29, 188, 215)hsl
hsl(189, 76%, 48%)oklch
oklch(0.732 0.124 213.3)Closest name: Blue Martini (#52b4d3)Relative luminance 0.4113
Colors that go with #1dbcd7
Charcoal, Dark Orange 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 #1dbcd7: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
split-complementshippedDark Orange is a split-complement of #1dbcd7: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #1dbcd7: 5 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and UEFA's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #1dbcd7, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #1dbcd7 in 8 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Elastic's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #1dbcd7 in 9 real palettes, including Cursor's brand system and Crayon Box, as the text colour against it.
Salmon #fa8072
complementarySalmon sits directly opposite #1dbcd7 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 #1dbcd7 in 3 real palettes, including Blueprint and Salesforce's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #1dbcd7
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1dbcd7 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.28:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.23:1 | 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 #1dbcd7 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#1dbcd7 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #1dbcd7
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 #1dbcd7 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/1dbcd7-a2b7be-df4e7e-1f252d-e9f1ee?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