Color
#40c2ce
#40c2cergb(64, 194, 206)hsl(185, 59%, 53%)oklch(0.749 0.111 204)Colors that go with #40c2ce
Charcoal, Blue and Dark Orange 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 #40c2ce: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Canva's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #40c2ce, as the accent.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
split-complementshippedDark Orange is a split-complement of #40c2ce: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #40c2ce: 4 real palettes, including UEFA's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #40c2ce: 5 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Figma's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #40c2ce, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #40c2ce in 8 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Khan Academy's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped5 real palettes, including Still Water and Ledger Dark put Slate Gray beside #40c2ce, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #40c2ce
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40c2ce as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.14:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.83:1 | 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 #40c2ce as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#40c2ce reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
Point 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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #40c2ce and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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