Color
#49d5df
#49d5dfrgb(73, 213, 223)hsl(184, 70%, 58%)oklch(0.803 0.118 202)Colors that go with #49d5df
Charcoal, Light Coral and Dodger Blue 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 #49d5df: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Light Coral #f08080
complementaryshippedLight Coral sits directly opposite #49d5df on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #49d5df: 4 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Opensea's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #49d5df in 4 real palettes, including Telehealth and 1password's brand system, as the lead colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped5 real palettes, including Still Water and Ledger Dark put Slate Gray beside #49d5df, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #49d5df in 15 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Boeing's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Wheat #f5deb3
shippedDesigners have shipped Wheat with #49d5df: 4 real palettes, including Mint Chip and Oatly's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
split-complementshippedDark Orange is a split-complement of #49d5df: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #49d5df
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #49d5df as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.77:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.87:1 | 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 #49d5df as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#49d5df 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 #49d5df and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/49d5df-a2b9be-df4e8a-1f262d-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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