Color

#26aeed

#26aeed
hex#26aeed
rgbrgb(38, 174, 237)
hslhsl(199, 85%, 54%)
oklchoklch(0.71 0.142 235.3)
Closest name: Cerulean (#55aaee)Relative luminance 0.368

Colors that go with #26aeed

Charcoal, Dark Orange 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#ed6526

#26edc9 · #264bed

#ed26ae · #aeed26

Split-complementary

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#ed264b · #edc926

#c926ed · #ed6526 · #4bed26

Contrast

#26aeed as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.51:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #0e7caf as the text (4.65:1)
  • AAA: use #0b5e84 as the text (7.12:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #383838 (4.67:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #171717 (7.14:1)
Aaon black
8.36:1passpasspassPasses 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 #26aeed as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#26aeed reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #26aeed
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #26aeed and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/26aeed-9cb3c4-df4e66-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md