#42d0ff as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	1.8:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #007ea8 as the text (4.62:1) AAA: use #006080 as the text (7.04:1) AA: or shift the background to #4f4f4f (4.56:1) AAA: or shift the background to #333333 (7.04:1)
Aaon black	11.7:1	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 #42d0ff as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#42d0ff reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Technical fonts →Modern fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #42d0ff

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 #42d0ff and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/42d0ff-9cb5c4-df4e70-1f242d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md