#40afe2 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	2.49:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #1a7ead as the text (4.53:1) AAA: use #135e81 as the text (7.13:1) AA: or shift the background to #3b3b3b (4.51:1) AAA: or shift the background to #1a1a1a (7:1)
Aaon black	8.45:1	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 #40afe2 as the background.

Brands using this color

Calmprimary · #3cb0ec · Δ1.44

Fonts for this mood

#40afe2 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Technical fonts →Modern fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #40afe2

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #40afe2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/40afe2-9cb3c4-df4e66-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md