Color
#48bacb
#48bacbrgb(72, 186, 203)hsl(188, 56%, 54%)oklch(0.731 0.104 208.9)Colors that go with #48bacb
Charcoal, Dark Orange and Denim 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 #48bacb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
split-complementshippedDark Orange is a split-complement of #48bacb: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #48bacb: 5 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Open House, as the accent.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #48bacb: 4 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Figma's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Ford's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #48bacb, as the lead colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Lido put Mustard Yellow beside #48bacb, as the accent.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Mistral AI's brand system and Graphite put Orange beside #48bacb, as the supporting colour.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #48bacb: 4 real palettes, including First Snow and Crypto.com's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #48bacb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #48bacb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.29:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.16:1 | 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 #48bacb as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#48bacb 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 #48bacb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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