#42d7ca as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	1.78:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #1c827a as the text (4.64:1) AAA: use #15615a as the text (7.27:1) AA: or shift the background to #4f4f4f (4.6:1) AAA: or shift the background to #333333 (7.1:1)
Aaon black	11.8:1	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 #42d7ca as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

mcpConnect your agent — build around #42d7ca

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 #42d7ca and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/42d7ca-a2bdbe-d4599f-1f282d-e9f1ed?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md