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
#36a1bf
#36a1bf
hex
#36a1bfrgb
rgb(54, 161, 191)hsl
hsl(193, 56%, 48%)oklch
oklch(0.661 0.104 220.5)Closest name: Blue Ocean (#009dc4)Relative luminance 0.3004
Colors that go with #36a1bf
Charcoal, Dodger Blue and Terracotta 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 #36a1bf: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
analogousshippedDodger Blue is #36a1bf's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Terracotta #e2725b
complementaryshippedTerracotta sits directly opposite #36a1bf 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 #36a1bf in 6 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Qualcomm's brand system put Blue beside #36a1bf, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #36a1bf in 5 real palettes, including Diner and Riot Games's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #36a1bf: 7 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the lead colour.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #36a1bf in 4 real palettes, including Terminal and Olympics's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #36a1bf
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #36a1bf as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.01:1 | 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 #36a1bf as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#36a1bf reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #36a1bf
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 #36a1bf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/36a1bf-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