Color
#22caec
#22caecrgb(34, 202, 236)hsl(190, 84%, 53%)oklch(0.775 0.133 216.4)Colors that go with #22caec
Charcoal, Dark Orange and Midnight 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 #22caec: 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 #22caec: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Telehealth and Confluent's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #22caec, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #22caec in 6 real palettes, including 1password's brand system and Telehealth, as the accent.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #22caec: 4 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Deep Water, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #22caec in 10 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Astro's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Salmon #fa8072
complementarySalmon sits directly opposite #22caec on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementshippedLight Coral is a split-complement of #22caec: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #22caec
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #22caec as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.96:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.73:1 | 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 #22caec as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#22caec 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 #22caec and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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