Lido
Open in tool →Pool blue, watermelon and sun on white — the poolside summer set; the deep teal text keeps it from going juvenile.
Color
#22a5bf
#22a5bf
hex
#22a5bfrgb
rgb(34, 165, 191)hsl
hsl(190, 70%, 44%)oklch
oklch(0.667 0.111 215.3)Closest name: Blue Ocean (#009dc4)Relative luminance 0.3101
Colors that go with #22a5bf
Charcoal, Orange Red 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 #22a5bf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Orange Red #ff4500
complementaryshippedOrange Red sits directly opposite #22a5bf on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #22a5bf in 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Peacock, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #22a5bf in 7 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Tide Pool, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedPowder Blue is paired with #22a5bf in 4 real palettes, including First Snow and Calendly's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
shippedSky Blue is paired with #22a5bf in 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Dusty Blue, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #22a5bf in 9 real palettes, including Cursor's brand system and Still Water, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Pink #ff1493
split-complementshippedDeep Pink is a split-complement of #22a5bf: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #22a5bf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #22a5bf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.92:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.2:1 | 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 #22a5bf as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#22a5bf reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #22a5bf
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 #22a5bf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/22a5bf-a2b6be-df4e7c-1f252d-e9f1ef?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