Color

#4caedc

#4caedc
hex#4caedc
rgbrgb(76, 174, 220)
hslhsl(199, 67%, 58%)
oklchoklch(0.711 0.113 231.8)
Closest name: Cousteau (#55a9d6)Relative luminance 0.3698

Colors that go with #4caedc

Charcoal, Amber and 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#dc7a4c

#4cdcc1 · #4c66dc

#dc4cae · #aedc4c

Split-complementary

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#dc4c66 · #dcc14c

#c14cdc · #dc7a4c · #66dc4c

Contrast

#4caedc as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.5:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #217ca6 as the text (4.67:1)
  • AAA: use #195f80 as the text (7.02:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #383838 (4.69:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #171717 (7.17:1)
Aaon black
8.4:1passpasspassPasses 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 #4caedc as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#4caedc reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #4caedc
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #4caedc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/4caedc-9cb3c4-df4e66-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md