Color
#42ebdd
#42ebddrgb(66, 235, 221)hsl(175, 81%, 59%)oklch(0.853 0.135 186.7)Colors that go with #42ebdd
Charcoal, Deep Sky Blue and Taupe 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 #42ebdd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
analogousshippedDeep Sky Blue is #42ebdd's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #42ebdd in 8 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Mint Chip, as the text colour against it.
Light Coral #f08080
complementaryLight Coral sits directly opposite #42ebdd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #42ebdd in 3 real palettes, including Formula 1's brand system and Frost & Ember, as the supporting colour.
Plum #dda0dd
triadicshippedPlum completes a triad with #42ebdd — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
triadicshippedDark Orange completes a triad with #42ebdd — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Salmon #fa8072
split-complementSalmon is a split-complement of #42ebdd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #42ebdd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #42ebdd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.48:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 14.16:1 | 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 #42ebdd as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #42ebdd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/42ebdd-a2bdbe-d4599f-1f282d-e9f1ed?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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