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
#23a2cd
#23a2cd
hex
#23a2cdrgb
rgb(35, 162, 205)hsl
hsl(195, 71%, 47%)oklch
oklch(0.666 0.12 227)Closest name: Blue Burst (#309cd0)Relative luminance 0.3061
Colors that go with #23a2cd
Charcoal, Tomato and Amber 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 #23a2cd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Tomato #ff6347
split-complementshippedTomato is a split-complement of #23a2cd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #23a2cd in 8 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #23a2cd, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #23a2cd in 4 real palettes, including Diner and Riot Games's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #23a2cd in 4 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #23a2cd: 9 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the lead colour.
Light Sky Blue #87cefa
shippedLight Sky Blue is paired with #23a2cd in 4 real palettes, including Calm's brand system and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #23a2cd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #23a2cd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.95:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.12:1 | 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 #23a2cd as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#23a2cd reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #23a2cd
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 #23a2cd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/23a2cd-9cb5c4-df4e70-1f242d-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