Color
#26aba5
#26aba5rgb(38, 171, 165)hsl(177, 64%, 41%)oklch(0.673 0.108 190.2)Colors that go with #26aba5
Charcoal, Denim 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 #26aba5: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #26aba5 in 5 real palettes, including Peacock and Open House, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #26aba5 in 6 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Confluent's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #26aba5 in 4 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Khan Academy's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #26aba5 in 11 real palettes, including Resort and Rain Garden, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Pale Violet Red #db7093
complementaryPale Violet Red sits directly opposite #26aba5 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Tomato #ff6347
split-complementshippedTomato is a split-complement of #26aba5: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #26aba5 in 3 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Estate, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #26aba5
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #26aba5 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.82:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.45:1 | 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 #26aba5 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #26aba5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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