Color
#4ab0ad
#4ab0adrgb(74, 176, 173)hsl(178, 41%, 49%)oklch(0.697 0.094 192.5)Colors that go with #4ab0ad
Charcoal, Dark Olive Green 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 #4ab0ad: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #4ab0ad in 5 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #4ab0ad: 5 real palettes, including Open House and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #4ab0ad: 5 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Confluent's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #4ab0ad, as the lead colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Lido and Diner put Mustard Yellow beside #4ab0ad, as the accent.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Mint Modern and Graphite put Orange beside #4ab0ad, as the accent.
Terracotta #e2725b
split-complementshippedTerracotta is a split-complement of #4ab0ad: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #4ab0ad
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4ab0ad as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.59:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.1:1 | 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 #4ab0ad as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #4ab0ad and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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