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
#2ca6ce
#2ca6ce
hex
#2ca6cergb
rgb(44, 166, 206)hsl
hsl(195, 65%, 49%)oklch
oklch(0.678 0.117 225.3)Closest name: Aquarius (#2db0ce)Relative luminance 0.3226
Colors that go with #2ca6ce
Charcoal, Terracotta 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 #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #2ca6ce: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Terracotta #e2725b
complementaryshippedTerracotta sits directly opposite #2ca6ce on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #2ca6ce in 7 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #2ca6ce, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #2ca6ce: 6 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and SoFi's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #2ca6ce, as the lead colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #2ca6ce in 6 real palettes, including Cursor's brand system and Launch Orange, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #2ca6ce in 6 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Elastic's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #2ca6ce
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2ca6ce 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 #2ca6ce as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#2ca6ce reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #2ca6ce
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 #2ca6ce and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/2ca6ce-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