Color
#249e9e
#249e9ergb(36, 158, 158)hsl(180, 63%, 38%)oklch(0.637 0.101 194.9)Colors that go with #249e9e
Charcoal, Red and Copper 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 #249e9e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Red #ff0000
complementaryshippedRed sits directly opposite #249e9e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #249e9e: 5 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Wellness, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #249e9e in 6 real palettes, including Diner and Redfin's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #249e9e: 8 real palettes, including Peacock and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #249e9e, as that palette's text colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #249e9e in 5 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Khan Academy's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #249e9e in 14 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Still Water, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #249e9e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #249e9e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.25:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.46:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #249e9e as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#249e9e 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 #249e9e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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