Lagoon
Open in tool →Turquoise and teal with a sand-yellow on white — shallow tropical water; the deep teal text is the reef.
Color
#24bcb0
#24bcb0
hex
#24bcb0rgb
rgb(36, 188, 176)hsl
hsl(175, 68%, 44%)oklch
oklch(0.719 0.119 186.5)Closest name: Emerald Bliss (#4cbdac)Relative luminance 0.3948
Colors that go with #24bcb0
Charcoal, Crimson 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 #24bcb0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #24bcb0 in 4 real palettes, including Riot Games's brand system and Diner, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #24bcb0: 4 real palettes, including Open House and UEFA's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #24bcb0, as the lead colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Lido put Mustard Yellow beside #24bcb0, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #24bcb0 in 5 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #24bcb0 in 11 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Resort, as the text colour against it.
Light Coral #f08080
complementaryLight Coral sits directly opposite #24bcb0 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #24bcb0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #24bcb0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.36:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.9:1 | 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 #24bcb0 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #24bcb0
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 #24bcb0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/24bcb0-a2bdbe-d4599f-1f282d-e9f1ed?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