Deep Water
Open in tool →Cyan and mid-blue on abyss navy with a foam highlight — the ocean at depth; the darker the surface, the brighter the water.
Color
#33afd1
#33afd1
hex
#33afd1rgb
rgb(51, 175, 209)hsl
hsl(193, 63%, 51%)oklch
oklch(0.702 0.115 220.7)Closest name: Aquarius (#2db0ce)Relative luminance 0.3597
Colors that go with #33afd1
Charcoal, Amber 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 #33afd1: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #33afd1 in 4 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #33afd1: 7 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #33afd1: 4 real palettes, including Figma's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and SoFi's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #33afd1, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #33afd1 in 9 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Elastic's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
shippedSky Blue is paired with #33afd1 in 4 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Dusty Blue, as the lead colour.
Coral #ff7f50
complementaryCoral sits directly opposite #33afd1 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 #33afd1
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #33afd1 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.56:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.19:1 | 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 #33afd1 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#33afd1 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #33afd1
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 #33afd1 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/33afd1-a2b5be-df4e75-1f242d-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