#40bdbf as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	2.27:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #2b8182 as the text (4.6:1) AAA: use #216263 as the text (7.02:1) AA: or shift the background to #404040 (4.57:1) AAA: or shift the background to #212121 (7.09:1)
Aaon black	9.25:1	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 #40bdbf as the background.

Brands using this color

Netlifyprimary · #04bcbc · Δ1.955

Fonts for this mood

#40bdbf reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Modern fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #40bdbf

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

tool url/palettes/new/40bdbf-a2babe-d45992-1f272d-e9f1ed?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md