#45ace3 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	2.54:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #1b7db1 as the text (4.55:1) AAA: use #145d85 as the text (7.16:1) AA: or shift the background to #383838 (4.61:1) AAA: or shift the background to #171717 (7.05:1)
Aaon black	8.26:1	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 #45ace3 as the background.

Brands using this color

Calmprimary · #3cb0ec · Δ1.486

Fonts for this mood

#45ace3 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Technical fonts →Modern fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #45ace3

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 #45ace3 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/45ace3-9cb1c4-df4e62-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md