Crayon Box
Open in tool →Red, teal and yellow at crayon saturation — joyful, but on white with black type so it stays readable for grown-ups.
Color
#1dcdc2
#1dcdc2
hex
#1dcdc2rgb
rgb(29, 205, 194)hsl
hsl(176, 75%, 46%)oklch
oklch(0.766 0.129 187.8)Closest name: darkturquoise (#00ced1)Relative luminance 0.4782
Colors that go with #1dcdc2
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #1dcdc2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #1dcdc2's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #1dcdc2: 4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #1dcdc2 in 4 real palettes, including Docker's brand system and Khan Academy's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #1dcdc2: 4 real palettes, including Deep Water and Astro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #1dcdc2 in 14 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Resort, as the text colour against it.
Tomato #ff6347
shipped4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Fresh Juice put Tomato beside #1dcdc2, as the lead colour.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #1dcdc2: 5 real palettes, including Resort and Mint Chip, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #1dcdc2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1dcdc2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.99:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.56:1 | 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 #1dcdc2 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #1dcdc2
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 #1dcdc2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/1dcdc2-a2bdbe-d4599d-1f282d-e9f1ed?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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