Color
#49bcd0
#49bcd0rgb(73, 188, 208)hsl(189, 59%, 55%)oklch(0.738 0.105 211.1)Colors that go with #49bcd0
Charcoal, Midnight Blue and Mustard Yellow 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 #49bcd0: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #49bcd0 in 4 real palettes, including First Snow and Open House, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shippedMustard Yellow is paired with #49bcd0 in 4 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Lido, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #49bcd0 in 5 real palettes, including Still Water and Graphite, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #49bcd0 in 13 real palettes, including Cursor's brand system and Crayon Box, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedWheat is paired with #49bcd0 in 4 real palettes, including Resort and Still Water, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Salmon #fa8072
complementarySalmon sits directly opposite #49bcd0 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
split-complementshippedDark Orange is a split-complement of #49bcd0: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #49bcd0
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #49bcd0 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.24:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 9.39:1 | 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 #49bcd0 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#49bcd0 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 #49bcd0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/49bcd0-a2b7be-df4e7e-1f252d-e9f1ee?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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