Color
#49b2df
#49b2dfrgb(73, 178, 223)hsl(198, 70%, 58%)oklch(0.721 0.115 229.8)Colors that go with #49b2df
Charcoal, Midnight 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.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #49b2df in 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and First Snow, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #49b2df in 5 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Dusk, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Coral #ff7f50
complementaryCoral sits directly opposite #49b2df on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Goldenrod #daa520
split-complementshippedGoldenrod is a split-complement of #49b2df: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #49b2df in 3 real palettes, including Figma's brand system and Launch Orange, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Teal #008080
shippedTeal is paired with #49b2df in 3 real palettes, including Perplexity's brand system and Alpine, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Terracotta #e2725b
shippedTerracotta is paired with #49b2df in 3 real palettes, including Alpine and Harbour, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #49b2df
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #49b2df as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.41:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.72:1 | 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 #49b2df as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#49b2df reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #49b2df and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/49b2df-9cb3c4-df4e69-1f232d-e9f1f0?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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