Color
#26cced
#26ccedrgb(38, 204, 237)hsl(190, 85%, 54%)oklch(0.781 0.132 215.8)Colors that go with #26cced
Charcoal, Crimson and Dark Orange 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 #26cced: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #26cced in 4 real palettes, including Riot Games's brand system and Tiffany & Co.'s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
split-complementshippedDark Orange is a split-complement of #26cced: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #26cced: 4 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Figma's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Telehealth and Confluent's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #26cced, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #26cced in 6 real palettes, including 1password's brand system and Telehealth, as the accent.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #26cced: 4 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Deep Water, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #26cced in 10 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Boeing's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #26cced
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #26cced as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.92:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.94:1 | 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 #26cced 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
#26cced 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 #26cced and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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