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
#24a2ccrgb(36, 162, 204)hsl(195, 70%, 47%)oklch(0.666 0.119 226.4)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 is the text near-black for #24a2cc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Tomato is a split-complement of #24a2cc: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber is paired with #24a2cc in 8 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
5 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Canva's brand system put Blue beside #24a2cc, as the supporting colour.
Crimson is paired with #24a2cc in 4 real palettes, including Diner and Riot Games's brand system, as the lead colour.
Dark Orange shows up next to #24a2cc in 4 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Designers have shipped Denim with #24a2cc: 9 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the lead colour.
9 real palettes, including SoFi's brand system and Confluent's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #24a2cc, as the accent.
| #24a2cc 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 #24a2cc as the background.
#24a2cc 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 #24a2cc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/24a2cc-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